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European Geosciences Union (EGU) @egu.eu · 1d

Are you an #ECS looking for creative and engaging ways to #communicate your message? This #workshop is for you!

🎨Graphic Design for Geoscience on Digital Platforms: An Introduction
📆14 Oct 2025 14:00 CEST
🖱️Register here: egu.eu/86A3SQ
Learn more here: egu.eu/3ZJMQ2

📸: Hans Volkert on #imaggeo

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EGU TS @ts.egu.eu · 12h

Jobs on Friday ⚠️
The Department of Geosciences at Idaho State University is excited to invite applications for a nine-month, full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Earth Surface Processes, beginning in Fall 2026.

Further details can be found here: isu.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

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EGU TS @ts.egu.eu · 4d

#ecsmonday on BS #19

Katherine Billings (US) conducts #deformationexperiments to understand the #evolution of #mica layers to #ultramylonitic microstructures in #shearzones, from mica grain size reduction to #phasemixing. Check it out:

doi.org/10.1016/j.js...

#myfault #structuralgeology #crust

EGU TS @ts.egu.eu · 7d

Jobs on Friday! ⚠️
The Department of Geology and Geophysics in the College of Arts and Sciences at Texas University is seeking applicants for a 9-month position at the rank of either Assistant Professor or Associate Professor in Experimental Rock Deformation.

Contact: [email protected]

#geology

EGU TS @ts.egu.eu · 8d

What do seismogenic faults look like? 🌍 Yuto Sasaki (@sasaki-geo.bsky.social) takes us to the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake sequence in Japan to explore complex surface ruptures.

Read the blog 👉 tinyurl.com/KumamotoEart...

Where earthquake faults reach the ground surface: insight from 2016 Kumamoto event

What does a seismogenic fault look like? We can sometimes observe surface earthquake faults, which propagate ruptures from the hypocenter to the ground surface. In 2016, intense seismicity was observe...

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EGU TS @ts.egu.eu · 11d

#ecsmonday on BS #18
Which node is the most important in the #fracturenetwork to determine the preferential #fluidpath?
Check out the example from the #SwissAlps by Ana Paula Burgoa Tanaka et al. (CH):

doi.org/10.1016/j.js...

#structuralgeology #2danalysis #graphtheory #topology #fracture

EGU TS @ts.egu.eu · 11d

EGU TS BLOG ALLERT! 🌍🗻
Who is the creator of the Geomythology term and approach? How was Geomythology born? What is its true significance? What is the most representative Geomythological scientific paper?

This and more in our new EGU TS Post of “Geomythology.

blogs.egu.eu/divisions/ts...

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EGU TS @ts.egu.eu · 14d

Jobs on Friday! Pt. 2
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Analytical Geochemistry/Petrology

Location: Clayton campus

Employment Type: Full-time

Enquiries: Professor Andrew Mackintosh: [email protected]

Applications Close: Wednesday 5 November 2025

careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...

EGU TS @ts.egu.eu · 14d

Jobs on Friday! Pt. 1 ⚠️
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Pyrenean geology of 1 year (2026) under the PYRSMIN PROJECT (Pyrénées et Système Minéral)

Employer: Institut Carnot ISIFOR (www.carnot-isifor.eu)

Location: Toulouse, Lab. GET (www.get.omp.eu)

EGU TS @ts.egu.eu · 18d

#ecsmonday on bluesky 17

Katherine Billings (US) conducts #deformation #experiments to understand mechanisms of #mica layer #disaggregation and phase mixing at high #strains. Here are the results:

doi.org/10.1016/j.js...

#myfault #understanding #structuralgeology #deformationzone

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EGU TS @ts.egu.eu · 21d

The region around the Pic Saint-Loup is a popular destination for many EU universities to teach mapping field courses – and there is a reason for it, even besides the great landscape, good food and nice weather.

Join Lauretta Kaerger on a tour to find out!
Full post 👉: tinyurl.com/PicSLoup

Throwback Summer – retracing student steps at the Pic Saint-Loup, France

The region around the Pic Saint-Loup is a popular destination for many European universities to teach mapping field courses – and there is a reason for it, even besides the great landscape, good food ...

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EGU TS @ts.egu.eu · 21d

Jobs on Friday!
The Department of Geology at the University of Otago in New Zealand invites applications for a faculty position (Lecturer – equivalent to Assistant Professor in North American academic systems) in Earth sciences.

otago.taleo.net/careersectio...

The closing date is 12 October 2025.

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European Geosciences Union (EGU) @egu.eu · 25d

The call for #session #proposals for the #EGU26 General Assembly is now open!
Submit short course ideas and/or proposals for Union Symposia and Great Debates by 16 September 2025.

👉 Submit your proposals here: egu.eu/60GYS7

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EGU TS @ts.egu.eu · 25d

#ecsmonday on BS #16

Filippo Porta et al. (IT) give a great example of using Digital Outcrop Modelling and #fieldmapping to characterise #fracture networks. Check out their example and interpretation from Elba Island, Italy:

doi.org/10.1016/j.js...

#structuralgeology #drones #uncertainties #fault

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EGU TS @ts.egu.eu · 28d

Jobs on Friday! Pt. 2
The University of Iowa invites applications for a tenure-track appointment at the rank of assistant or associate professor in the area of solid Earth geology.

The appointment will begin August 20, 2026.

Apply online at jobs.uiowa.edu

Deadline is September 15, 2025.

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EGU TS @ts.egu.eu · 28d

Jobs on Friday! Pt. 1
The Geology Department at Whitman College is hiring a tenure-track assistant professor with expertise in structural geology and geophysics.

To find out more information and apply, visit:
apply.interfolio.com/171758

contact: [email protected].

#geology #structuralgeology

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EGU TS @ts.egu.eu · 29d

✨ The TS Blog is back! ✨

A new editorial team is ready to bring you fresh posts every Thursday at 10:00 CET.

Curious to see who’s behind the blog this year?

👉 Meet the team: blogs.egu.eu/divisions/ts...

#EGUTS #tectonics #structuralgeology #ECS

Introducing the blog team 2025-2026

For many of you September means back to school, for us September means the return of the blog. Behind the scene this summer, the bright new editorial team prepared fresh blog posts to share with the c...

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EGU TS @ts.egu.eu · Sep 5

Jobs on Friday ⚠️
The Department of Geosciences at the University of Fribourg (www.unifr.ch/geo/en/) is seeking a lecturer and researcher in the field of mineralogy and petrology.

Further details and the full job advertisement can be found at: www.unifr.ch/geo/en/depar...

#geology #petrology

EGU TS @ts.egu.eu · Sep 1

#ecsmonday on BS #15 🤩

Sandro Truttmann et al. (CH) exploit the relation between the size distributions of pre-existing #fractures and #earthquakes to decipher the #seismic deformation processes.
Check it out:
se.copernicus.org/articles/16/...

#paperalert #solidearth #doessizematter

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EGU TS @ts.egu.eu · Aug 29

Jobs on Friday ⚠️
The New Mexico Geochronology Research Laboratory (NMGRL) at New Mexico Tech is seeking a Research Associate / Research Scientist (depending on experience) to oversee the operations of our state-of-the-art 40Ar/39Ar geochronology facility.

www.nmt.edu/hr/employmen...

#geology

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EGU TS @ts.egu.eu · Aug 25

#ecsmonday on BS #14

Nora Holden et al. (NOR) encourage studying the syn-rift #stratigraphy to improve the understanding of the sealing potential of #faults:

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#co2storage #paperalert #structuralgeology #geology #subsurface #scenarios

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EGU TS @ts.egu.eu · Aug 11

#ecsmonday on BS 13
Jae Hoon Kim (ROK) reveals that #seismic ruptures are likely initiated by increased pore-fluid #pressure within the #brittle-plasitic transition zone of the Yecheon #ShearZone, South Korea.

Check it out:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#structuralgeology #metamorphic

EGU TS @ts.egu.eu · Aug 8

Jobs on Friday 🎉
University College Dublin, School of Earth Sciences seeks to appoint a Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Structural Geology.

Closing date: 12:00 noon (local Irish time) on the 8th of August 2025.

#structuralgeology #Geology #deformation

EGU TS @ts.egu.eu · Aug 4

#ecsmonday on BS #12

África Gamisel-Muzás et al. (ES) identified 8 #magnetic zones with different features to provide insights into the #structural and #geological anatomy of the #Pyrenees. Check it out:

doi.org/10.5194/se-1...

#paperalert #deepgeology #tectonics

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EGU TS @ts.egu.eu · Jul 25

Jobs on Friday ⚠️

The Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology at the University of Nevada Reno is recruiting for a tenure-track faculty position at the Associate or Full Professor level to lead the Economic Geology program.

nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UNR-external...

Start date will be January 1, 2026

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