Dr. Uri Schattner

 

Recently I started to work as a research fellow at the School of Earth and Environment, the University of Leeds with Professor Greg Housman. This is my second postdoc, which split between teaching seismic processing (using Promax) and doing some research on transform continental margins. You can find my CV here.

During my first postdoc I worked with Dr. Rami Weinberger, Dr. Amit Segev and Dr. Vladimir Lyakhovsky from the Geological Survey of Israel. This position split between two projects: (1) Splaying of the Dead Sea Fault in northern Israel (a paper summarizing this project was recently submitted for publication); and (2) Reconstruction of the tectonic development of the DSF and the Carmel fault since the Oligocene. During that time I also studied the structural framework of the eastern Mediterranean continental margin and published two papers on this subject.

I did my Ph.D. in marine geophysics, under the supervision of Professor Zvi Ben-Avraham (Tel-Aviv University) and Dr. Christian Hübscher (Hamburg University). My main interest is aspects of global tectonics, and in particular continental margins. The study focuses at the offshore extension of the Carmel Structure and its role in the tectonic setting of the Levant Basin, Eastern Mediterranean. The research is mainly based on interpretation of seismic reflection data, which part of it was obtained during February 2002 aboard the German research vessel “METEOR” (cruise 52/2). Additional data were obtained during this cruise: wide-angle refraction seismic, magnetic and gravity mapping, and detailed hydroacoustic mapping of the seafloor. These data is incorporated with results from previous seismic reflection surveys to give a comprehensive picture of the nature and formation of the Levant continental margin.

My MSc deals with the formation of sinkholes and surface subsidence along the shores of the Dead Sea. This research is the first master thesis in Israel that studied the formation of sinkholes. During the research I used several geodetic methods - Kinematic GPS, InSAR and EDM. The main idea was to check if there are any changes in the surface topography prior to the formation of a sinkhole. For my thesis click here.

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Updated - 23/9/2006