General information
Organisation
The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) is a key player in research, development and innovation in four main areas :
• defence and security,
• nuclear energy (fission and fusion),
• technological research for industry,
• fundamental research in the physical sciences and life sciences.
Drawing on its widely acknowledged expertise, and thanks to its 16000 technicians, engineers, researchers and staff, the CEA actively participates in collaborative projects with a large number of academic and industrial partners.
The CEA is established in ten centers spread throughout France
Reference
SL-DES-26-0797
Thesis topic details
Category
Miscellaneous
Thesis topics
Toward Robust Earthquake Location and Uncertainty Quantification in Dense Seismic Networks: Methodological Developments and Application to Cephalonia Island (Western Greece) and the Middle Durance region (France)
Contract
Thèse
Job description
This PhD project aims to develop a robust methodological framework for earthquake location and realistic uncertainty quantification in the context of dense seismic networks. Despite recent advances in automatic detection, deep-learning-based phase picking, and earthquake relocation techniques, uncertainties related to velocity models and network geometry remain a major limitation and are often underestimated by conventional approaches. The project will compare and benchmark different detection, picking, and location methodologies in order to assess their respective strengths and limitations. Particular emphasis will be placed on identifying, quantifying, and disentangling the main sources of uncertainty, including phase picking errors, network configuration, and velocity model assumptions. The research will primarily rely on data from Cephalonia Island (Greece). In a second phase, the developed methodologies will be transferred to the Middle Durance region near Cadarache (France), allowing their applicability to lower-seismicity environments to be assessed. The expected outcomes include improved seismic catalogs, a better understanding of active tectonic processes.
University / doctoral school
Sciences Fondamentales et Appliquées (EDSFA)
Nice-Sophia-Antipolis
Thesis topic location
Site
Cadarache
Requester
Position start date
01/10/2026
Person to be contacted by the applicant
HOLLENDER Fabrice
fabrice.hollender@cea.fr
CEA
DES/DCET//GEX
0684012868
Tutor / Responsible thesis director
HOLLENDER Fabrice
fabrice.hollender@cea.fr
CEA
DES/DCET//GEX
0684012868
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