Developing a crustal P-wave velocity model for SE South Island using petroleum industry sources and land-based broadband seismometers

A postgraduate research opportunity at the University of Otago.

Details

Academic background

Sciences

Host campus

Dunedin

Qualifications

Honours, Master’s

Department

Geology

Supervisors

Associate Professor Andrew Gorman, Dr Donna Eberhart-Philips (GNS Science)

Overview

This project will use travel time determinations between air gun sources at sea and stationary earthquake seismometers on land to produce a 3D model of velocity structure in the crust (and possibly the upper mantle).

Useful information

• Graduate research at the University of Otago
• Scholarships at the University of Otago

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