New Zealand PhD opportunity in Development of seismology-based volcano monitoring techniques

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From: Martha Savage <martha.savage@xxxxxxxxx>


Ph.D. Scholarship

*New Zealand: Development of seismology-based volcano monitoring techniques*

*Victoria University of Wellington*



We seek a highly motivated student for a 3-year Ph.D. scholarship.  This is
part of a wider â??volcanism themeâ?? with the ultimate aim to produce
short-term forecasts and long-term probabilistic hazard estimates for New
Zealand volcanoes. The theme involves Research Institution GNS Science and
several New Zealand universities.  (
https://resiliencechallenge.nz/scienceprogrammes/volcanism/).



New Zealand sits on an active plate boundary, with the TaupÅ? Volcanic zone
in the North Island as the southern-most extension of the Lau-Havre trough
and backarc basin.  Well-recorded eruptions in 1995/1996,  2006, 2007,
2012, 2016 and 2019 will serve as testing grounds for the new techniques.
The project will develop and test several techniques that have been
proposed to monitor volcanoes using seismic data.  They will be tested on
existing and soon-to-be-collected data that recorded eruptions on White
Island/Whakaari, Ruapehu, and Tongariro volcanoes as well as other data
sets. Techniques may include artificial intelligence methods to
automatically determine earthquake locations and types, shear wave
splitting measurements on earthquakes, and ambient noise analysis using
cross-correlations on single and multiple stations to recover waveforms
traveling between stations or scattered from structures near to the
stations.



This project includes a generous scholarship funded by the  Resilience to
Natureâ??s Challenges National Science Challenge (
https://resiliencechallenge.nz/).  The student will work with Professor
Martha Savage of Victoria University of Wellington and Dr. Art Jolly of GNS
Science.



The student will be expected to enroll as a Ph.D. student at Victoria
University of Wellington (VUW). GNS Science is a government-owned
institution undertaking research in the Earth Sciences and related
disciplines. VUW was ranked first in New Zealand in Earth Sciences.
Information on the department is available here (
http://www.victoria.ac.nz/sgees). Further information on the projects is
available here
https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/sgees/study/postgraduate-study/potential-projects-for-graduate-students
.

Prospective candidates must have a strong background in geoscience and
computing (some mathematics, physics, statistics and/or seismology
experience is desirable), be proficient in one or more scientific
programming languages (Matlab, Python, etc.), and have completed (or be
expected to complete) a Masterâ??s or equivalent degree by the start of the
Ph.D. programme. Full details of Victoria Universityâ??s eligibility criteria
are available from the Faculty of Graduate Research website and
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/fgr. A generous scholarship will be provided.



Applications including an up-to-date curriculum vitae, referee reports and
evidence of previous study should be submitted via the Faculty of Graduate
Research website (http://www.vuw.ac.nz/fgr) by 28 February 2020. The start
date is flexible but will be no later than 31 December 2020.



Please direct all questions to:



Martha Savage, Martha.Savage@xxxxxxxxx, Art Jolly a.jolly@xxxxxxxxxx



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