Phd in EARTH SCIENCES

The primary objective of our study is to constrain the physical parameters and constitutive laws that govern the energy budget of earthquakes and the weakening process during the nucleation, propagation, and arrest of dynamic ruptures. I will employ a physics-based approach and High-Performance Computing (HPC) techniques in both forward dynamic simulations and inverse spectral modeling. These approaches will be initially applied within the framework of the FEAR project (Fault Activation and Earthquake Rupture), focusing on micro-earthquakes induced by fluid injection. Subsequently, the same methodologies will be extended to investigate natural earthquakes, leveraging high-density sensor monitoring from a near-fault observatory.