Jobs in CREEP
The core of the CREEP Innovative Training Network are 16 cross-disciplinary Ph.D. research projects address the fundamental question of how complex rheologies influence the dynamics of both the shallow and the deep Earth and industrial applications. Each project involves at least two different disciplinary approaches and is co-supervised by senior scientists from different institutions. It also involves a internship of at least 2 months in one of the private-sector partners.
The projects are structured in 4 work-packages that comprise 3-5 research projects involving closely related methods. Strong interactions are envisaged between these 4 WP. These interactions will be organized through the following transverse research themes, which group studies using different methods and/or analysing different aspects of a process. These transverse research themes are:
– Mantle dynamics and plate tectonics, which includes ESR projects 1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 15, 16
– Multiple deformations mechanisms and composite rheologies, which includes ESR’s projects 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 16.
– Faults rheology and dynamics, which includes ESR’s projects 2, 4, 6, 10, 14, 16.
– Fluid-rock interactions, which includes ESR’s projects 3, 8, 12, 14
– Rocksalt deformation, which includes ESR’s projects 3, 13
– Microfracturing and induced seismicity, which includes ESR’s projects 2, 12, 14.
– Deformation and anisotropy of physical properties, which includes ESR’s projects 1, 6, 11, 13.
- Work Package
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CREEP collaborative research projects
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Primary host institution
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Academic and private-sector
secondments
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- WP1. Experimental characterization of complex rheologies
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ESR1 – Rheology of the lithospheric mantle |
Geosciences Montpellier, F |
Durham, Schlumberger |
| ESR2 – Effects of fault rheology on microseismicity |
Univ. Utrecht, NL |
Bristol, Baker Hughes |
| ESR3 – Quantifying the role of coupled solution transfer and frictional/brittle processes in controlling the rheology, transport and containment properties of rocksalt |
Univ. Utrecht, NL |
UCL, Akzonobel |
| ESR4 – The role of diffusion creep mechanisms, activated at seismic slip rates by frictional heating, in controlling dynamic fault weakening and earthquake propagation |
Univ. Durham, UK |
Geosciences Montpellier, Geospatial Research Ltd. |
| ESR5 – Rheology and deformation of glass under extreme conditions |
JGU Mainz, DE |
Geosciences Montpellier, Schott |
| ESR10 – Creep of granular materials: from fault gouge to reservoir rocks |
UCL, UK |
Utrecht, Geospatial Research Ltd. |
- WP2. Laboratory modelling of complex rheologies
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ESR6 – Unraveling the subduction earthquake cycle through analogue modelling and the analysis of natural data |
Uniroma TRE, IT |
Geosciences Montpellier, MP Strumenti |
| ESR7 – Convective instabilities in colloidal dispersions |
FAST Orsay, F |
JGU Mainz, SCHOTT |
| ESR8 – From viscous plumes to dikes and fractures: influence of the rheology on the lithospheric response to planetary mantle upwellings |
FAST Orsay, F |
ETH, Rockfield |
- WP3. Numerical modelling of complex rheologies
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ESR9 – Plate tectonics: strain localization due to anisotropy in the lithospheric mantle |
Geosciences Montpellier, F |
ETH, APERAM |
| ESR12- Modelling crack propagation and fluid injection (hydrofracturing) applied to geothermics |
JGU Mainz, DE |
Bristol, GMuG |
| ESR15- Large-scale mantle dynamics: Influence of evolving microstructures |
ETH Zurich, CH |
JGU, Reykjavik Geothermal |
| ESR16- Rheological controls of seismicity along lithospheric plate boundaries |
ETH Zurich, CH |
Uniroma TRE, Schlumberger |
- WP4. Seismological studies of deformation and anisotropy
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ESR11- Anisotropy and structure of the D” region
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WWU Munster, DE |
Bristol, GMuG |
ESR13- Development of seismic anisotropy in deforming salt bodies
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Univ. Bristol, UK |
FAST Orsay, Rockfield |
| ESR14- Seismic methods to estimate the strength of cracks and fractures |
Univ. Bristol, UK |
UCL, Reykjavik Geothermal |
