#ecsmonday Chicken or egg: does crustal #thickening trigger arc flare-ups, or follow them? Karmakar et al. (US) combine #CA-ID-TIMS zircon ages and #La/Yb ratios in the North Cascades (79-60 Ma) and find thickening came after. doi.org/10.1029/2026TC009604 #paperalert #arcmagmatism #geochronology
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Jobs on Friday! The Lakehead University is inviting applications for the position of Assistant Professor with research interests in the broad area of petrology (igneous and/or metamorphic) and/or geochemistry (high-temperature, stable and or radiogenic isotopes). www.lakeheadu.ca/faculty-and-...
🔥 “TS Campfire - Beyond disciplinary boundaries: building interdisciplinary research in tectonics and structural geology”. Invited speakers: Iris van Zelst & Ines Pereira 📆26 October at 17:00 CET Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#ecsmonday Hot springs without #volcanoes? M. Anees et al. (DE/PK) model the lithosphere’s #thermal structure in northern Pakistan to find where the #heat comes from: #radiogenic crust, rapid #exhumation, or both. doi.org/10.5194/se-17-1117-2026 #paperalert #geothermal #Himalaya
#ecsmonday Faults #grow by linking up 🧩 Pedini et al. (IT) use throw-distance profiles and 3D #modeling to show #Umbria-Marche normal faults evolve through progressive segment #linkage, at different stages of structural #maturity. doi.org/10.1029/2026TC009530 #paperalert #faultgrowth
“Normally we are going to conference, but what if the conference comes to your town instead? How does it differ? Let’s find out!” Read the new EGU TS blog: blogs.egu.eu/divisions/ts...
Jobs on Friday! Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA) in experimental earthquake mechanics to join the NERC-funded project “The Nucleation of Intermediate and Large Earthquakes”, led by a team of researchers at Durham and Oxford University. durham.taleo.net/careersectio... #geology #structures
#ecsmonday New #tools alert: Fatihi et al. (CH/DE) release a #QGIS plugin and web app for #automatic fracture detection from #drone orthophotos + #DEMs, built on their #FraXet benchmark dataset. doi.org/10.5194/se-17-1087-2026 #paperalert #opensource #UAV
#ecsmonday #Rollover or #rotated minibasin? Estiarte-Ruiz et al. (ES) remap the Cotiella Massif and challenge previous #listricfault models with a revised #evolution of #salt tectonics in the Pyrenees. doi.org/10.1029/2026TC009618 #paperalert #tectonics #saltdiapirism
Jobs on Friday! The University of Nevada, Reno, is looking for a Program Manager for the Geologic Mapping program in the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology (NBMG). Link: nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UNR-external... Review of applications will start on October 22, 2026.
#ecsmonday #Back-arc basin or #post-collisional collapse? Ben-Tami et al. (MA/CA) decode the Ediacaran #evolution of Morocco's Sirwa massif, linking lithospheric #delamination and slab #break-off to a Silicic Large Igneous Province. doi.org/10.5194/se-17-1063-2026 #paperalert #petrogenesis
Jobs on Friday! The School of Earth Sciences and iCRAG at University College Dublin is currently seeking applications for 3 Postdoctoral Research Fellow positions focusing on mineral systems, structural geology and orebody geology. www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jo...
#ecsmonday New #fieldmapping at Puale Bay, Alaska reveals a fault-disrupted but telling record of Permian-Triassic uplift, subsidence, and rifting. Keough et al. (US) use it to weigh in on how the Talkeetna Arc was born: doi.org/10.1029/2026TC009540 #paperalert #Alaska #tectonics
#ecsmonday Can a fault leave a fingerprint even when erosion has almost stopped? Aránguiz-Rago et al. (US) find #AHe dates shift across the Salar Grande Fault - evidence of #pullapartbasin exhumation hiding in a nearly erosion-free landscape doi.org/10.1029/2026TC009440 #paperalert #geochronology
Jobs on Friday! The University of Gothenburg offers a five-year tenure-track position as an Assistant Professor in the broad field of Geology: web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103... If you have further questions regarding the position, please contact Hans Linderholm at HansL@gvc.gu.se
The deadline to propose a session at EGU27 is approaching!
📣 Call for Session proposal for EGU27! Be an active part in organising the scientific programme of the conference by suggesting a session with conveners and description in the TS programme group 📆Deadline: 23 September 2026 meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU27/provis...
#ecsmonday Cooling ages + river steepness + landscape evolution models = one very tested cross-section 🏔️ Braza et al. (US) integrate thermochronology and topography to locate the Main Himalayan Thrust ramp in western Nepal: doi.org/10.5194/se-17-1011-2026 #paperalert #Nepal
📣 Jobs on Friday! 📢 UT Austin (Texas, USA) is hiring an Assistant or Associate Professor in Lithospheric Deformation 🌍⛰️🪨 Fields include structural geology, tectonics, geomechanics, fault & earthquake processes, and more. 📅 Review starts Oct. 19, 2026 🔎 apply.interfolio.com/192197
#ecsmonday Good news from a warming #Arctic? Grob et al. (DE/UK/CA/KR) calculate the thermal base of submarine #permafrost from gas hydrate stability data, and find it may have degraded less than previously thought doi.org/10.1029/2025JB033245 #paperalert #climatechange
📢Bowdoin College is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Geoscience Applications of AI, starting July 2027. Seeking scholars using, examining, or ethically guiding AI to advance geoscience, especially surface Earth processes. 📅 Review begins Sept. 1, 2026 careers.bowdoin.edu/postings/18108
#ecsmonday How do gas migration & weak sediments interact to destabilise a #deep-sea slope? Hilbert et al. (DE) combine #OBS and #MCS data to investigate the Danube Fan. What do seismic chimneys, velocity models and hydrate distribution reveal? doi.org/10.5194/se-17-923-2026 #paperalert
📣2 year Postdoc opportunity at Uppsala University – Graphite exploration and geophysics combining geology, petrophysics & seismic methods within SERC / ICE-GRAPH. 📍 Uppsala, Sweden 🇸🇪 ⏳ Application deadline: 28 August 2026 📅 Expected start: 15 October 2026, or as agreed 🔗 lnkd.in/gYUQ6FXd
#ecsmonday Why don't strong plates just... stay strong? Van Broeck et al. (FR/AU) test olivine flow laws in 2-D mantle models to see which rheologies let a rigid plate break into narrow, weak boundaries: doi.org/10.5194/se-17-947-2026 #paperalert #geodynamics #platetectonics
#ecsmonday Can #seafloor uplift tell us how fast a #mid-ocean ridge #magma chamber refills? H. Boulze & J.-A. Olive (FR) say yes - but only if you account for a squishy #mush zone underneath. New models tested at the #EPR: doi.org/10.1029/2026JB033938 #paperalert #tectonics #volcanoes
📣 Call for Session proposal for EGU27! Be an active part in organising the scientific programme of the conference by suggesting a session with conveners and description in the TS programme group 📆Deadline: 23 September 2026 meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU27/provis...
Jobs on Friday! The Connecticut Geological Survey is seeking a hard-rock geologist with expertise in bedrock structure to map and remap Connecticut’s complicated metamorphic terranes. For other details, see: www.jobapscloud.com/CT/sup/bulpr... #geology #jobsonfriday
#ecsmonday How does #mantle rock sneak into a shallow #accretionary complex? Shimura et al. (JP) say: #diapirs + #outer-rise faults. Check the working model for the Nakaguro Serpentinite, Shimanto AC: doi.org/10.1029/2025TC009237 #tectonics #serpentinite #subduction
Jobs on Friday! 24-month Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Research Ireland Centre for Applied Geosciences at the UCD School of Earth Sciences, on Enhancing orebody understanding and near-mine mineral exploration at Galmoy Closing date: 12:00 noon on 14 August 2026 my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...
#ecsmonday Uunk et al. (NL) combine a new geological map of Syros 🇬🇷 with compiled P-T-t data to resolve a long-running debate: how were these #blueschist & #eclogite nappes exhumed? Sequential #wedgeextrusion + Miocene #corecomplex, and it's now a Cyclades-wide story. doi.org/10.1029/2025TC009332
#ecsmonday Are arc terranes always exotic? Gomes et al. (AU) challenge the oceanic-vs-continental arc #dichotomy using #zircon & #apatite from the Calliope Province, Australia - a window into how #subduction zones evolve without #arccontinentcollision: doi.org/10.1029/2025TC009022 #paperalert
Jobs on Friday! Post Doctoral researcher position (18-24 months) in Numerical Modelling of mountain belt formation and foreland basin evolution (Géosciences Environnement Toulouse). Details and application form for the post-doctoral position: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U... #geology
#ecsmonday Mercuri et al. (IT) used 3D seismic data to unravel the tectono-stratigraphic history of the Gaggiano High, a buried #rift structure below the Po Plain. How well did it resist Alpine-Apennine #inversion? What does #riftinheritance look like? doi.org/10.1029/2026TC009430 #paperalert
Jobs on Friday! Solid Earth geology tenure-track position at the University of Iowa, focused on structural geology and tectonics, and preferably with a field-based emphasis. Apply online at jobs.uiowa.edu. The deadline for consideration is September 15, 2026. #geology #structuralgeology
Check the new post of today! 🔥 What if a Quaternary seismogenic normal fault would influence the precipitation of travertine deposits in Central Italy and a random monk would pass by randomly and eventually set up the future birthplace of monasticism in the Occident? blogs.egu.eu/divisions/ts...
#ecsmonday Kimura and Yoshioka (JP) inverted 28 years of F-net #CMT data to map the #stress regime inside the deep Pacific #slab beneath SW #Japan. Is it #tearing? #Thinning? Both? Check the evidence beneath Takayama and Wakasa Bay: doi.org/10.1029/2026GL123299 #paperalert #subduction
Jobs on Friday! Lecturer / Senior Lecturer position in Geoscience at Monash University. careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo... Please bring this opportunity to the attention of any early- to mid-career geoscientists (note that only women applicants are eligible to apply). #geology
#ecsmonday Homogeneous vs heterogeneous fault veins, which produces more damage? Kong et al. (UK) compare both end members and find that heterogeneous veins trigger broader fracture networks, splay faults, and distributed seismicity. doi.org/10.1029/2026JB034195 #paperalert #structuralgeology
#ecsmonday How fast did #Rodinia move? Zhang et al. (US) combine zircon, garnet, titanite, rutile and apatite #UPb geochronology to show prolonged Grenvillian #metamorphism and slow cooling in the Adirondacks. doi.org/10.1029/2025TC009333 #paperalert #paleogeography
Jobs on Friday! The School of Earth Sciences, University College Dublin, Ireland, is looking for a Post-doctoral Research Fellow to advance the characterisation and 3D modelling of geothermal systems. Closing date: 12:00 (local Irish time) on 29 June 2026. www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jo... number 019716
#ecsmonday Xu et al. (CN/NO/NL/DE) document ~40° of #clockwise #rotation in the eastern Qiangtang since the late Eocene. How much is regional oroclinal bending, and how much is local #strikeslip faulting? And what drove it all? doi.org/10.1029/2026GL122579 #paperalert #paleomagnetism
Jobs on Friday! ⚠️ 2-years Post-doctoral level Research Fellow position in Geodynamic Modeling & Surface Processes at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, for understanding Earth’s long-term climate resilience and planetary-scale carbon management. careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
EGU TS reposted
🌍TS Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award 🥇 Submit the application by proposing a TS ECS scientist you think it might deserve the award! ✨ 📆Deadline: 15 June 2026 ℹ️Info on how to nominate a scientist here: www.egu.eu/awards-medal... 📁Guidelines here: www.egu.eu/awards-medal...
#ecsmonday Fast & slow #earthquakes talking beneath New Zealand? Maubant et al. (JP/US/DE/NZ/FR) find an asymmetric relationship at #Hikurangi: Mw 4+ intraslab earthquakes accelerate #slowslip, while slow slip quietly loads interface faults toward failure doi.org/10.1029/2025JB033143 #paperalert
Jobs on Friday! Postdoc position on the geological survey of the Quaternary successions of the CARG sheets 226 Cuneo and 243 Colle di Tenda. The research project consists in the geological survey at a scale of 1:10,000 of the Quaternary successions of the area. bandi.mur.gov.it/incarichidir...
#ecsmonday Harrichhausen et al. (US/FR/EC/CO) mapped #activefaults at the northern boundary of the Quito-Latacunga #microblock in Ecuador and Colombia. Is the ~3 mm/yr of #rightlateral strain concentrated on one fault, or spread across many? doi.org/10.5194/se-17-763-2026 #paperalert #InSAR
🌍TS Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award 🥇 Submit the application by proposing a TS ECS scientist you think it might deserve the award! ✨ 📆Deadline: 15 June 2026 ℹ️Info on how to nominate a scientist here: www.egu.eu/awards-medal... 📁Guidelines here: www.egu.eu/awards-medal...
Jobs on Friday! The Department of Geology and Geological Engineering in Québec City, Université Laval, is seeking a Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Structural Geology. Application deadline: August 31, 2026 Start date: Anticipated January 1, 2027 recrutement.fsg.ulaval.ca/en-US/