APPLICATION DEADLINE: October 1, 2017.

The research project covers multidisciplinary fields of Precambrian tectonics, geochemistry, geochronology and ore geology. The main goal of the project is to provide better knowledge of the formation of Precambrian basement rocks and ore and mineral resources in Western Troms and Finnmark, northern Norway, and their potential correlation with the Fennoscandian (Kola, Finland, Sweden) and Laurentian basins, tested in light of geodynamic models. A favored research approach will be to compare Paleoproterozoic (2.4-2.0 Ga) clastic sedimentary and carbonate rocks, mafic volcanic rocks, and associated mineral resources from different tectonic settings in northern Norway. Preferable correlation methods may include: 1) tectonic-structural, chemostratigraphical and sedimentary (facies, provenance) studies of clastic sedimentary and volcanic rocks, 2) C-isotope geochemical signatures of carbonate rocks, 3) geochemistry of mafic volcanic rocks and 4) presence of Cu- and Mn-bearing ore deposits. The project represents a novel approach that combines field and laboratory studies of Precambrian volcano-sedimentary sequences and associated ore deposits in continental areas that have undergone deformation, fluid-flow, petrological remobilization and ore enrichment.

The project includes extensive fieldwork in northern Norway and laboratory work in Norway and abroad. The research fellow should also sample and analyze clastic sedimentary rocks, carbonates, mafic volcanic rocks and mineralized rocks for further analysis by using a wide spectrum of analytical methods (XRD, SEM/EBSD, SEM/EDS+WDS, LA-ICP-MS), and radiometric dating (zircons, baddeleyite).

You can also read more about the position here: JobbNorge