Continental Deformation, Earthquake Strain Accumulation, Plate Motion, and Postglacial Rebound From a Combination of Space Geodetic Techniques

About the role

The NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) offers unique research opportunities to highly-talented scientists to engage in ongoing NASA research projects at a NASA Center, NASA Headquarters, or at a NASA-affiliated research institute. These one- to three-year fellowships are competitive and are designed to advance NASA’s missions in space science, Earth science, aeronautics, space operations, exploration systems, and astrobiology.

Responsibilities

• Research proposal
• Analyze positions of the 250 Global Positioning System receivers in the metropolitan Los Angeles SCIGN array
• Distinguish motion due to man managing water and oil resources from earthquake strain accumulation
• Evaluate the slip rate and locking depth of the Puente Hills fault beneath Los Angeles and the Mojave segment of the San Andreas fault
• Help build a model of postglacial rebound of Canada, Fennoscandia, and Antarctica
• Study the rate at which Greenland and Antarctic ice is disappearing into ocean water

Requirements

A Doctoral Degree is required.

Qualifications

• Experience with GPS, INSAR, VLBI, SLR, and GRACE technologies
• Knowledge of earthquake strain accumulation, metropolitan Los Angeles deformation, western North America plate tectonics, plate motion, postglacial rebound, ice sheet changes, sea level rise, the earth's reference frame, spin axis wander, and earth center motion
• Ability to analyze and interpret data from the metropolitan Los Angeles SCIGN array
• Experience with modeling postglacial rebound and distinguishing between different types of motion
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Skills

• Data analysis
• Geodetic measurements
• Seismology
• Postglacial rebound modeling
• Ice sheet dynamics

Benefits

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Pay

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Schedule

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Contact Information

For questions about this opportunity, please email npp@orau.org.

Point of Contact

Mikeala