Post-Docs

Dr Bertrand Maillot (PhD from IPGP) (1/6/95-30/5/96) Numerical Modelling of Fault Populations. Funded by Shell Research. Bertrand now holds a Lectureship at Cergy Pontoise in France. http://www.u-cergy.fr/rech/labo/equipes/tecto/Equipe/CV_BM.html

Publications:

Maillot B., P. A. Cowie and D. Lague, Simulating Polyphase Faulting with a Tensorial 3D model of Fault Growth, in Faulting, Fault Sealing and Fluid Flow in Hydrocarbon Reservoirs, eds., G. Jones, Q. Fisher, and R. Knipe, Spec. Pub. Geol. Soc. Lond., 147, 209-216, 1998.

Dr Fernando Nino (PhD from Univ. Montpellier) (1/1/97-31/12/98) Prediction of Subseismic Faults. Funded by Statoil/BP/Saga/Shell. Fernando now works in the private sector in France.

Dr Javier Escartin(PhD from WHOI/MIT) (1/6/95-31/5/99) Quantifying Tectonic Strain at Slow Spreading Ridges. Funded by NERC (BRIDGE programme). Javier now holds a CNRS position in Paris. http://www.ipgp.jussieu.fr/rech/lgm/je/

Publications:

Escartin, J., P. A. Cowie, R. C. Searle, S. Allerton, N. C. Mitchell and A. P. Slootweg, Quantifying Tectonic and Magmatic Strain at a Slow-Spreading Ridge Segment (Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 29N), J. Geophys. Res., 104, 10421-10437, 1999.

Dr Celine Bruderer (PhD from Strasbourg) (1/9/99-1/9/01) Scale Dependence of Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport in Fractured Rock. EU 4th Framework in Environment and Climate. Celine held a Post-Doc position for one year at Montpellier University, and since then has taken a career break.

Publications:

Bruderer, C., P. A. Cowie, Y. Bernabé and I. Main, Relating Flux Channelling to Tracer Dispersion in Heterogeneous Networks, Advances in Water Resources, 27, 843-855, 2004.

Cowie, P. A., C. Bruderer and R. J. Lunn, How Does the Spatial Clustering of Fractures Enhance Rock Permeability and Dispersivity? submitted to J. Hydrology

Dr Mikael Attal (PhD from Grenoble) (1/3/05-1/7/07) Integrated Field and Numerical Test of Stream Erosion Models Using the Transient Response of Bedrock Rivers to Tectonic Forcing. Funded by NERC. Mikael now holds a Lectureship at Edinburgh University. http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/homes/mattal

Attal, M., G. E. Tucker, Whittaker, A.C., P. A. Cowie, and G. P. Roberts, Modeling fluvial incision and transient landscape evolution: Influence of dynamic channel adjustment, J. Geophys. Res., in press March 2008.

Dr Richard Phillips (PhD from Oxford University) (1/2/08-1/7/10) Testing Theoretical Models for Earthquake Clustering Using Cl-36 Cosmogenic Exposure Dating of Active Normal Faults in central Italy, NERC grant. Richard Phillip's website