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Postdoctoral Fellow, Woods Hole MA and Menlo Park CA (USGS) |
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The U.S. Geological Survey seeks a postdoctoral fellow to evaluate quantitatively the tsunami hazard to the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coasts, at the behest of the U.S. Nucclear Regulatory Commission following the surge in applications for licenses to build new nuclear reactors along these coasts. The successful candidate will (1) compile and analyze various data to evaluate and date the distribution of landslides in these regions, (2) investigate theories and observations regarding the effects of slide speed and bottom friction on the amplitude of tsunamis, and (3) use in-house software packages to model the effects of potential landslide sources on selected coastal segments. Postdoctoral candidates in the fields of geophysics, geology (with a strong background in computer simulations) or civil engineering are encouraged to apply. The work will be pursued in both Woods Hole, Massachusetts and Menlo Park, California. This two-year position, to start in October 2009, is part of the USGS Mendenhall postdoctoral fellowship program .
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