Sascha Zertani

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Visiting address Sem Sælands vei 24 Fysikkbygningen 0371 Oslo
Postal address Postboks 1048 0371 Oslo

Academic interests

  • Brittle and ductile deformation of the continental crust
  • Changes of petrophysical rock properties as a result of metamorphism and ductile deformation
  • Scale dependence of petrophysical rock properties
  • Metamorphism and fluid-rock interaction in the deep crust

Background

2021 – present: Postdoctoral Fellow at Section for Crustal Processes, Dept. of Geosciences, University of Oslo, and the NJORD research centre.

08/2015 – 02/2021: Research assistant at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

08/2015 – 01/2020: Dr. rer. nat. at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. Title of the doctoral thesis: “The effect of eclogitization of crustal rocks on the seismic properties on variable scales: Implications for geophysical imaging of eclogitization at depth”.

08/2015 – M.Sc. studies in Geological Sciences at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

09/2013 – B.Sc. studies in Geological Sciences at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

Publications

Kaatz, L., Zertani, S., Moulas, E., John, T., Labrousse, L., Schmalholz, S. M., & Andersen, T. B. (2021). Widening of hydrous shear zones during incipient eclogitization of metastable dry and rigid lower crust - Holsnøy. Western Norway. Tectonics. 40, e2020TC006572.  https://doi.org/10.1029/2020TC006572

Zertani, S., Vrijmoed, J. C., Tilmann, F., John, T., Andersen, T. B., & Labrousse, L. (2020). P wave anisotropy caused by partial eclogitiation of descending crust demonstrated by modeling effective petrophysical properties. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 20, e2019GC008906.  https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GC008906

Zertani, S., John, T., Tilmann, F., Motra, H. B., Keppler, R., Andersen, T. B., & Labrousse, L. (2019). Modification of the seismic properties of subducting continental crust by eclogitization and deformation processes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 124, 9731-9754. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019jb017741

Zertani, S., Labrousse, L., John, T., Andersen, T. B., & Tilmann, F. (2019). The interplay of eclogitization and deformation during deep burial of the lower continental crust – A case study from the Bergen Arcs (western Norway). Tectonics. 38, 898-915. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018tc005297

Motra, H. B., & Zertani, S. (2018): Influence of loading and heating processes on elastic and geomechanical properties of eclogites and granulites. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. 10, 127-137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrmge.2017.11.001

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