Sascha Zertani
@sheared-sash.bsky.social
Assistant professor of structural geology @ IGV, Stockholm University.
Interested in deformation of the deep crust, brittle and/or ductile, and metamorphic reactions.
Views and opinions my own. he/his
Interested in deformation of the deep crust, brittle and/or ductile, and metamorphic reactions.
Views and opinions my own. he/his
I am excited to share that this week I have started my new position as Assistant Professor of Structural Geology at IGV, Stockholm University! I look forward to exciting time and new challenges up ahead!
September 4, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I am excited to share that this week I have started my new position as Assistant Professor of Structural Geology at IGV, Stockholm University! I look forward to exciting time and new challenges up ahead!
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🔎 New insights on #fault growth in inverted rift basins!
🎓 The second chapter of my #PhD recently published in Journal of #StructuralGeology 😊
🌍 We studied #extensional & #inverted faults and their development through #multiphase #rifting and basin #inversion
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.js...
🎓 The second chapter of my #PhD recently published in Journal of #StructuralGeology 😊
🌍 We studied #extensional & #inverted faults and their development through #multiphase #rifting and basin #inversion
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.js...
March 7, 2025 at 9:33 AM
🔎 New insights on #fault growth in inverted rift basins!
🎓 The second chapter of my #PhD recently published in Journal of #StructuralGeology 😊
🌍 We studied #extensional & #inverted faults and their development through #multiphase #rifting and basin #inversion
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.js...
🎓 The second chapter of my #PhD recently published in Journal of #StructuralGeology 😊
🌍 We studied #extensional & #inverted faults and their development through #multiphase #rifting and basin #inversion
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.js...
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⏳ Reminder! There’s still time to nominate a colleague for an EGU TS Division Medal 🏅
🗓 Deadline: 15 June 2025
🔗 Nominate here: www.egu.eu/awards-medals/nominations/
#Geoscience #Tectonics #StructuralGeology
🗓 Deadline: 15 June 2025
🔗 Nominate here: www.egu.eu/awards-medals/nominations/
#Geoscience #Tectonics #StructuralGeology
🏆 EGU TS Division Medals – Nominations Now Open!
Know someone doing outstanding work in Tectonics & Structural Geology? Nominate them for an EGU medal 🌍
🗓 Deadline: 15 June 2025
🔗 Submit here: www.egu.eu/awards-medals/nominations/
#Geoscience #Tectonics #StructuralGeology
@egu.eu
Know someone doing outstanding work in Tectonics & Structural Geology? Nominate them for an EGU medal 🌍
🗓 Deadline: 15 June 2025
🔗 Submit here: www.egu.eu/awards-medals/nominations/
#Geoscience #Tectonics #StructuralGeology
@egu.eu
June 5, 2025 at 7:35 AM
⏳ Reminder! There’s still time to nominate a colleague for an EGU TS Division Medal 🏅
🗓 Deadline: 15 June 2025
🔗 Nominate here: www.egu.eu/awards-medals/nominations/
#Geoscience #Tectonics #StructuralGeology
🗓 Deadline: 15 June 2025
🔗 Nominate here: www.egu.eu/awards-medals/nominations/
#Geoscience #Tectonics #StructuralGeology
Having a great time studying fossil lower-crustal earthquakes, mylonites, and lower-crustal processes in Lofoten. This time with some extra excitement. We are joined by a camera team that produces short videos about the CONTINENT project lead by Luca Menegon @ UiO. Very interesting experience! 🧪⚒️
June 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Having a great time studying fossil lower-crustal earthquakes, mylonites, and lower-crustal processes in Lofoten. This time with some extra excitement. We are joined by a camera team that produces short videos about the CONTINENT project lead by Luca Menegon @ UiO. Very interesting experience! 🧪⚒️
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EGUTS news alert ⚠️
Are you attending the EGU25?
Are you interested in structural geology and tectonics?
Here are all the TS events during the meeting.
Join us!😀
Are you attending the EGU25?
Are you interested in structural geology and tectonics?
Here are all the TS events during the meeting.
Join us!😀
April 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Reposted by Sascha Zertani
Jobs on Friday!
Research Fellow in Structural Geology!
The study will provide a review of the timing and nature of Jurassic sequence development and structural evolution of the Mid Norway region.
Salary £38,249 per annum.
Info = [email protected]
www.abdn.ac.uk/jobs
Closing date = 22 April 2025
Research Fellow in Structural Geology!
The study will provide a review of the timing and nature of Jurassic sequence development and structural evolution of the Mid Norway region.
Salary £38,249 per annum.
Info = [email protected]
www.abdn.ac.uk/jobs
Closing date = 22 April 2025
April 11, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Jobs on Friday!
Research Fellow in Structural Geology!
The study will provide a review of the timing and nature of Jurassic sequence development and structural evolution of the Mid Norway region.
Salary £38,249 per annum.
Info = [email protected]
www.abdn.ac.uk/jobs
Closing date = 22 April 2025
Research Fellow in Structural Geology!
The study will provide a review of the timing and nature of Jurassic sequence development and structural evolution of the Mid Norway region.
Salary £38,249 per annum.
Info = [email protected]
www.abdn.ac.uk/jobs
Closing date = 22 April 2025
Reposted by Sascha Zertani
🌈 New on the #EGU TS blog!
Queer Quarterly, a blog series about being LGBT in academia:
We asked three openly queer researchers for their thoughts on being visibly or openly queer as researchers.
✨ Read their insights: blogs.egu.eu/divisions/ts...
Queer Quarterly, a blog series about being LGBT in academia:
We asked three openly queer researchers for their thoughts on being visibly or openly queer as researchers.
✨ Read their insights: blogs.egu.eu/divisions/ts...
Queer Quarterly: What does queer visibility mean in academia?
Queer Quarterly is the blog series of the EGU pride group, a LGBTQIA+ team of geoscientists engaged to uphold and improve the rights of the community in the EGU organization. This week’s post is dedic...
blogs.egu.eu
April 16, 2025 at 9:02 AM
🌈 New on the #EGU TS blog!
Queer Quarterly, a blog series about being LGBT in academia:
We asked three openly queer researchers for their thoughts on being visibly or openly queer as researchers.
✨ Read their insights: blogs.egu.eu/divisions/ts...
Queer Quarterly, a blog series about being LGBT in academia:
We asked three openly queer researchers for their thoughts on being visibly or openly queer as researchers.
✨ Read their insights: blogs.egu.eu/divisions/ts...
Reposted by Sascha Zertani
Curious about the #ECS events and sessions during #EGU25?
Since half of EGU’s members are Early Career Scientists, we dedicated this #WhatsOnEGU25 blog post series to highlight all sessions, events and opportunities for Early Career Scientists at #EGU25.
👉 Find out more here: egu.eu/2JPVWA
Since half of EGU’s members are Early Career Scientists, we dedicated this #WhatsOnEGU25 blog post series to highlight all sessions, events and opportunities for Early Career Scientists at #EGU25.
👉 Find out more here: egu.eu/2JPVWA
April 21, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Reposted by Sascha Zertani
#ecsmonday on BlueSky #2🤩
Check out the model and how Marina Galindos-Alfarache et al. (NOR) differentiate between pre- and syn-collisional structures during Caledonian orogeny⛰️:
doi.org/10.1016/j.te...
#paperalert #isotopes #geochemistry #tectonics
Check out the model and how Marina Galindos-Alfarache et al. (NOR) differentiate between pre- and syn-collisional structures during Caledonian orogeny⛰️:
doi.org/10.1016/j.te...
#paperalert #isotopes #geochemistry #tectonics
March 31, 2025 at 7:20 AM
#ecsmonday on BlueSky #2🤩
Check out the model and how Marina Galindos-Alfarache et al. (NOR) differentiate between pre- and syn-collisional structures during Caledonian orogeny⛰️:
doi.org/10.1016/j.te...
#paperalert #isotopes #geochemistry #tectonics
Check out the model and how Marina Galindos-Alfarache et al. (NOR) differentiate between pre- and syn-collisional structures during Caledonian orogeny⛰️:
doi.org/10.1016/j.te...
#paperalert #isotopes #geochemistry #tectonics
Reposted by Sascha Zertani
Jobs on Friday! 🎉🎉
Research Associate in Tectonics and Tectonophysics, a permanent position at the University of Berlin
www.earthworks-jobs.com/jobs/fuberli...
Research Associate in Tectonics and Tectonophysics, a permanent position at the University of Berlin
www.earthworks-jobs.com/jobs/fuberli...
March 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Jobs on Friday! 🎉🎉
Research Associate in Tectonics and Tectonophysics, a permanent position at the University of Berlin
www.earthworks-jobs.com/jobs/fuberli...
Research Associate in Tectonics and Tectonophysics, a permanent position at the University of Berlin
www.earthworks-jobs.com/jobs/fuberli...
Reposted by Sascha Zertani
#ecsmonday on BlueSky #1
Let´s start with Claudia Elijas-Parra et al. (UK) and her #cracking insights of #porousrocks. Check out their improved statistical #method to distinguish between different phases of initiating a microcrack network:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#myfault #shearband
Let´s start with Claudia Elijas-Parra et al. (UK) and her #cracking insights of #porousrocks. Check out their improved statistical #method to distinguish between different phases of initiating a microcrack network:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#myfault #shearband
March 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
#ecsmonday on BlueSky #1
Let´s start with Claudia Elijas-Parra et al. (UK) and her #cracking insights of #porousrocks. Check out their improved statistical #method to distinguish between different phases of initiating a microcrack network:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#myfault #shearband
Let´s start with Claudia Elijas-Parra et al. (UK) and her #cracking insights of #porousrocks. Check out their improved statistical #method to distinguish between different phases of initiating a microcrack network:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#myfault #shearband
Reposted by Sascha Zertani
@egu.eu Early Career Scientists (ECS) from Tectonics and Structural Geology are posting now on BlueSky:
#ecsMonday papers,
#tectonicModellingTuesday and
#jobsonFriday.
Follow us! Support us! 🤩
Do you now recent ECS papers or tectonic models?
Share it with us, to share it with all! 🚀
#ecsMonday papers,
#tectonicModellingTuesday and
#jobsonFriday.
Follow us! Support us! 🤩
Do you now recent ECS papers or tectonic models?
Share it with us, to share it with all! 🚀
March 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
@egu.eu Early Career Scientists (ECS) from Tectonics and Structural Geology are posting now on BlueSky:
#ecsMonday papers,
#tectonicModellingTuesday and
#jobsonFriday.
Follow us! Support us! 🤩
Do you now recent ECS papers or tectonic models?
Share it with us, to share it with all! 🚀
#ecsMonday papers,
#tectonicModellingTuesday and
#jobsonFriday.
Follow us! Support us! 🤩
Do you now recent ECS papers or tectonic models?
Share it with us, to share it with all! 🚀
Reposted by Sascha Zertani
Jobs on Friday! (we're back)
The Department of Earth Sciences (Utrecht University) is seeking an Assistant or Associate Professor in Electron Microscopy of Earth Materials
Deadline 31 March 2025
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
The Department of Earth Sciences (Utrecht University) is seeking an Assistant or Associate Professor in Electron Microscopy of Earth Materials
Deadline 31 March 2025
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
March 21, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Jobs on Friday! (we're back)
The Department of Earth Sciences (Utrecht University) is seeking an Assistant or Associate Professor in Electron Microscopy of Earth Materials
Deadline 31 March 2025
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
The Department of Earth Sciences (Utrecht University) is seeking an Assistant or Associate Professor in Electron Microscopy of Earth Materials
Deadline 31 March 2025
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
Reposted by Sascha Zertani
The #EGU25 programme is online! 🔎
Explore sessions, abstracts, and all TS-related content — and start planning your week.
See what’s coming up: egu.eu/1806BR
Explore sessions, abstracts, and all TS-related content — and start planning your week.
See what’s coming up: egu.eu/1806BR
The #EGU25 programme is now available!
🔎 You can filter the programme by selecting specific time blocks or using the search box to find keywords in session titles, descriptions, conveners, abstract titles and authors.
👉 Explore more here: egu.eu/1806BR
🔎 You can filter the programme by selecting specific time blocks or using the search box to find keywords in session titles, descriptions, conveners, abstract titles and authors.
👉 Explore more here: egu.eu/1806BR
March 18, 2025 at 8:47 AM
The #EGU25 programme is online! 🔎
Explore sessions, abstracts, and all TS-related content — and start planning your week.
See what’s coming up: egu.eu/1806BR
Explore sessions, abstracts, and all TS-related content — and start planning your week.
See what’s coming up: egu.eu/1806BR
Check out Stephen's latest accomplishment! Super proud of him! 🧪⚒️ Excellent job!
💥 hot off the press and 4 years in the making! My PhD thesis in all its glory! 2 published papers, 1 nearly ready for submission, and an exciting project in the making, all find a home in the pages within. Super proud of my work at Njord w/ Luca Menegon, Kristina Dunkel, & @sheared-sash.bsky.social
March 12, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Check out Stephen's latest accomplishment! Super proud of him! 🧪⚒️ Excellent job!
The TS division has also arrived! Follow them at @ts.egu.eu !
Hello Bluesky! EGU is pleased to be able to activate our account here, and share all the exciting news about the upcoming General Assembly: #EGU25, our #OpenAccess publications and more! Several of our Divisions will be making the move over from Twitter/X too, so keep an eye out for your favourites!
March 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The TS division has also arrived! Follow them at @ts.egu.eu !
Wohooo!
Hello Bluesky! EGU is pleased to be able to activate our account here, and share all the exciting news about the upcoming General Assembly: #EGU25, our #OpenAccess publications and more! Several of our Divisions will be making the move over from Twitter/X too, so keep an eye out for your favourites!
March 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Wohooo!
Reposted by Sascha Zertani
I just pasted this photo into a powerpoint, and the #AI-generated AIt Text is "A person drawing a fish on a rock". 😂 Pretty accurate description!
#geology
#geology
February 28, 2025 at 8:52 AM
I just pasted this photo into a powerpoint, and the #AI-generated AIt Text is "A person drawing a fish on a rock". 😂 Pretty accurate description!
#geology
#geology
Reposted by Sascha Zertani
🚨 Hot off the press 🪨 ⚒️ Where do you come from, where do you go 🎶 fluids that is… after an earthquake in the dry lower crust? We look into this and more using SEM-CL, EBSD, EMPA, STEM, and FTIR!
Hit the link below 👇
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Hit the link below 👇
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
February 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
🚨 Hot off the press 🪨 ⚒️ Where do you come from, where do you go 🎶 fluids that is… after an earthquake in the dry lower crust? We look into this and more using SEM-CL, EBSD, EMPA, STEM, and FTIR!
Hit the link below 👇
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Hit the link below 👇
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Caution! Reacting when wet! 🧪⚒️
Plagioclase breakdown in action with plagioclase reacting to clinozoisite + kyanite + quartz + white mica. The classic reaction at high pressure conditions. I just got some TEM results from these beautiful samples, so stay tuned! #thinsectionthursday
Plagioclase breakdown in action with plagioclase reacting to clinozoisite + kyanite + quartz + white mica. The classic reaction at high pressure conditions. I just got some TEM results from these beautiful samples, so stay tuned! #thinsectionthursday
December 19, 2024 at 1:48 PM
Caution! Reacting when wet! 🧪⚒️
Plagioclase breakdown in action with plagioclase reacting to clinozoisite + kyanite + quartz + white mica. The classic reaction at high pressure conditions. I just got some TEM results from these beautiful samples, so stay tuned! #thinsectionthursday
Plagioclase breakdown in action with plagioclase reacting to clinozoisite + kyanite + quartz + white mica. The classic reaction at high pressure conditions. I just got some TEM results from these beautiful samples, so stay tuned! #thinsectionthursday
Reposted by Sascha Zertani
🌍🌌 AGU is thrilled to join Bluesky!
We’re here to share exciting discoveries, spotlight incredible scientists, and connect with YOU in this vibrant community.
Follow along as we explore how Earth and space sciences make the world a better place. 🌟
We’re here to share exciting discoveries, spotlight incredible scientists, and connect with YOU in this vibrant community.
Follow along as we explore how Earth and space sciences make the world a better place. 🌟
December 4, 2024 at 4:30 PM
🌍🌌 AGU is thrilled to join Bluesky!
We’re here to share exciting discoveries, spotlight incredible scientists, and connect with YOU in this vibrant community.
Follow along as we explore how Earth and space sciences make the world a better place. 🌟
We’re here to share exciting discoveries, spotlight incredible scientists, and connect with YOU in this vibrant community.
Follow along as we explore how Earth and space sciences make the world a better place. 🌟
Reposted by Sascha Zertani
🪨⚒️ #thinsectionthursday of a recrystallized quenched frictional melt (pseudotachylyte) from Lofoten, Norway. Plagioclase survivor clast retains deformation twins, reaction between garnet-amphibole. Garnet cores are full of inclusions from rapid quenching growth, then slow growth to form facet GB🧪 🔬
December 5, 2024 at 6:54 AM
🪨⚒️ #thinsectionthursday of a recrystallized quenched frictional melt (pseudotachylyte) from Lofoten, Norway. Plagioclase survivor clast retains deformation twins, reaction between garnet-amphibole. Garnet cores are full of inclusions from rapid quenching growth, then slow growth to form facet GB🧪 🔬
This is a map showing the orientation of diopside in a deformed symplectite. This used to be an omphacite, which tells us that the rock used to be at very high pressure (great depth). ⚒️🧪
If you want to read more about how such symplectites nucleate and deform:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
If you want to read more about how such symplectites nucleate and deform:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
November 29, 2024 at 9:34 AM
This is a map showing the orientation of diopside in a deformed symplectite. This used to be an omphacite, which tells us that the rock used to be at very high pressure (great depth). ⚒️🧪
If you want to read more about how such symplectites nucleate and deform:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
If you want to read more about how such symplectites nucleate and deform:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
So strong and yet so weak: Look at this beautiful 'weak' shear zone in a 'strong' gabbro from western Norway. Can't wait to get back to the field in the summer! 🧪⚒️
November 26, 2024 at 11:52 AM
So strong and yet so weak: Look at this beautiful 'weak' shear zone in a 'strong' gabbro from western Norway. Can't wait to get back to the field in the summer! 🧪⚒️
Reposted by Sascha Zertani
From dynamic ruptures to aseismic slip - our new EPSL paper explores how H2O+CO2 fluids affect microstructure, slip rates, and timing of deformation in crustal fault zones. Check it out! (OA)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#Geology #FaultMechanics #Earthquakes #SlowSlip #CO2
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#Geology #FaultMechanics #Earthquakes #SlowSlip #CO2
Fluid-mediated transition from dynamic rupturing to aseismic slip at the base of the seismogenic continental crust
Chemo-mechanical fluid-rock interactions are critical in controlling the frictional-viscous transition in the continental crust and the competition be…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 25, 2024 at 7:46 AM
From dynamic ruptures to aseismic slip - our new EPSL paper explores how H2O+CO2 fluids affect microstructure, slip rates, and timing of deformation in crustal fault zones. Check it out! (OA)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#Geology #FaultMechanics #Earthquakes #SlowSlip #CO2
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#Geology #FaultMechanics #Earthquakes #SlowSlip #CO2