ARC Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust Fluid Systems

Mehdi Qashqai

PhD Student Contact Details Mehdi Qashqai Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust Fluid Systems (CCFS), GEMOC Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Macquarie University NSW 2109 AUSTRALIA Phone: 61-(0)2-9850 4718 Fax: 61-(0)2-9850 6904 email : Mehdi.tork-qashqai@mq.edu.au

PhD

Project:

Inversion of Multiple Geophysical Data for Composition and Thermal Structure of the Earth's Upper Mantle

Supervisors:

Dr Juan Carlos Afonso and Dr Yingjie Yang

My current research involves simultaneous,internally consistent inversion of multiple geophysical data (seismic surface wave dispersion curves,receiver functions, SHF, geoid anomalies, absolute elevations, etc.) using a probabilistic framework for mapping 3-D thermal and composition structure of the Earth's crust and upper most mantle.

Research Interests

• Forward and inverse modelling of geophysical data for studying the Earth’s structure 
• Seismic tomography in local and global scales
• Receiver function analysis 
• Analysing of geophysical data for exploration purposes 
• Numerical modelling of elastic wave propagation 

Background

I received my Bachelor of Science degree in physics and Master of Science degree in geophysics in 2004 and 2007 respectively. After obtaining my Master's degree, and before joining Macquarie University, I worked for 5 years as a geophysicist in private sector.

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