Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/I/S/2000/00923
A theoretical and observational study of continental shear zones
Fellowship Award
- Fellow:
- Professor TJ Wright, University of Oxford, Earth Sciences
- Grant held at:
- University of Oxford, Earth Sciences
- Science Area:
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- None
- Science Topics:
- None
- Abstract:
- Continental shear zones exist where one part of the earth's continental crust moves past another, good examples being the San Andreas Fault Zone in Southern California and the North Anatolian Fault Zone in Turkey. Both of these fault zones accommodate deformation of a few centimetres per year, but in markedly different ways. In Southern California, deformation is broadly distributed with at least four parallel faults, but the North Anatolian Fault has slip on just one fault for most of its length. Existing models of shear zones fail to explain the dramatic variability in shear zone width and surface faulting that is observed. I am addressing this problem using theoretical modelling, InSAR and seismology.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/I/S/2000/00923
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Postdoctoral Fellowship
This fellowship award has a total value of £102,680
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - Other Costs |
|---|---|
| £78,680 | £24,000 |
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