SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHER GRADE III, FIELD OF GEOLOGY OR CHEMISTRY

Updated: 28 days ago
Job Type: PartTime
Deadline: 19 Apr 2024

2 Apr 2024
Job Information
Organisation/Company

University of Bucharest
Department

Research
Research Field

Chemistry » Structural chemistry
Researcher Profile

Established Researcher (R3)
Country

Romania
Application Deadline

19 Apr 2024 - 12:00 (Europe/Bucharest)
Type of Contract

Temporary
Job Status

Part-time
Hours Per Week

20
Offer Starting Date

1 May 2024
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

European Union / Next Generation EU
Reference Number

PNRR CF 64/2023
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHER GRADE III, FIELD OF GEOLOGY OR CHEMISTRY - Magmatic zircon U-Pb age; detrital zircon U-Pb ages; U-Pb titanite petrochronology; mapping elements by sections; lithium isotopes; unconventional measurements on flat surfaces; atomic, mass and X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy.


Requirements
Research Field
Geosciences » Geology
Education Level
Master Degree or equivalent

Languages
ENGLISH
Level
Good

Languages
ROMANIAN
Level
Mother Tongue

Research Field
Chemistry
Years of Research Experience
More than 10

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Eligibility criteria

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

U-Pb petrochronology: zircon and titanite

Radioactive decay systems

Particularities Y-Th-Pb

Geological applications: where, on what materials, what age

Geochemistry of zircon and sphene

U-Pb ages on zircon and sphene

The foundations of modern petrochronology - what does the new discipline of petrochronology solve and how?

Geological applications

Tectonic applications

Instrumentation: ICP-MS with laser ablation, X-ray fluorescence

Advantages and disadvantages of ICP-MS compared to the classic ID-TIMS methodology

Emerging techniques: Zr isotopes in zircon

Applications to chemical measurement

 


Selection process

REFERENCES:

Balica, C., M.N. Ducea G.E. Gehrels, J. Kirk, R.D. Roban, P. Luffi J.B. Chapman, A. Triantafyllou, J. Guo, A.M. Stoica, J. Ruiz, I. Balintoni, L. Profeta, D. Hoffman, L. Petrescu, 2020, A zircon petrochronologic view on granitoids and continental evolution, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 531, paper 11605 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2019.116005 .

Faure, G. 2004, Isotopes, principles and applications, Wiley and Sons, ISBN: 0471384372, 928 pages.

Guo, J.-L., Z. Wang, W. Zhang, F. Moynier, D. Cui, Z. Hu, and M. N. Ducea, 2020, Significant Zr isotope variations in single zircon grains recording magma evolution history, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(35), 21125-21131.

Luffi, P., and Ducea, M. N., 2022, Chemical Mohometry: Assessing Crustal Thickness of Ancient Orogens Using Geochemical and Isotopic Data: Reviews of Geophysics, v. 63, no. e2021RG000753, p. 1-42.

Roban, RD, Ducea, MN, Mihalcea, V I, Munteanu, I,  Barbu, V, Melinte-Dobrinescu, M.C, Olariu, C., Vlasceanu M., 2023, Provenance of Oligocene lithic and quartz arenites of the East Carpathians: Understanding sediment routing systems on compressional basin margins, Basin Research, volume 35, Issue 1, p. 244 - 270.

Triantafyllou, A, Ducea, MN, Jepson, G,  Hernandez-Montenegro, JD,  Bisch, A and Ganne, J, 2023, Europium anomalies in detrital zircons record major transitions in Earth geodynamics at 2.5 Ga and 0.9 Ga. Geology, v. 51, 141-145.

Barla A., Ducea, MN, Jepson, G., Triantafyllou, A, McLelland, W., Giesler, N, Gehrels, GE, 2023, A systematic evaluation of matrix-matched titanite reference materials for U-Pb, trace element, and isotopic analysis, Chemical Geology, article 121635, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2023.121635


Website for additional job details

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Work Location(s)
Number of offers available
1
Company/Institute
UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST -LYTHOS Centre-
Country
Romania
State/Province
Bucharest
City
Bucharest
Geofield


Where to apply
E-mail

[email protected]

Contact
State/Province

Bucharest
City

Bucharest
Website

http://www.unibuc.ro
Street

Panduri, Nr.90
E-Mail

[email protected]

STATUS: EXPIRED

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