Curriculum Vitae

Education

• 2004-2009 PhD in Marine Geology

  University of Edinburgh, Scotland

  Dissertation: Submarine mass movement processes on the North Sea Fan as interpreted from 3D seismic data

• 2002-2004 MSc in Field Mapwork

  University of Évora, Portugal

  Dissertation: Morpho-structural Mapping of the Marquês de Pombal Fault Area (off SW Portugal)

• 1996-2001 Degree in Geology

  University of Lisbon, FCUL, Portugal

Funding/Awards

• 2004-2007 Portuguese Foundation to Science and Technology, PhD scholarship:

  Submarine Landslides in the North Atlantic: a comparative study of the Portuguese and the Glaciated European Margins University of Edinburgh, Scotland (travel, tuition fees, and salary).

• 2001-2004 MATESPRO Project, Young Researcher Fellowship:

  Submarine Geomorphology of the Marquês de Pombal Fault Area - Sidescan sonar, multibeam bathymetry and seismic interpretation. IGM, Portugal (salary).

• 2000-2001 University of Lisbon Scholarship, Study Aboard Opportunity:

  Trinity College, Ireland (travel and living costs).

Sea Experience

• Canyons'02 Cruise, 2nd to 22th Nov. 2002, RV Pelagia (Valencia - Vigo).

  Organized by the Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) as part of the European project Strataform, this cruise was carried out in the Gulf of Lion (France) and Setubal and Nazare Canyons (Portugal). Was acquired shallow cores, water column sampling, high resolution seismic profiles (Chirp sonar and X-Star Device) and underwater TV recordings.

  

  FAPI Cruise, 24th to 30th July 2002, RV Aguas Bravas (Faial - Faial).

  It was acquired data with Chirp Sonar CAP-6000W and Uniboom (Unit Pulse Boomer) with the purpose of evaluation of sand volume offshore the Pico Island (Azores archipelago - Portugal). This cruise, part of the Portuguese project GEMAS, was coordinated by the Universidade dos Açores and the Departamento de Geologia Marinha of the Inst. Geológico e Mineiro (IGM).

  

• HITS'01 Cruise, 2nd to 24th Sept. 2001, RV Hesperides (Cádiz - Cádiz).

  HITS - High Resolution Tsunamigenic Structures in the South Iberian. During the Leg 1, we used the SOC high-resolution TOBI sidescan sonar, complemented with other geophysical methods, for detailed mapping and geophysical profiling of the active structures in the Southern Iberian Margin. This cruise was organized by the ICTJA-CSIC (Barcelona).

Courses

• BGS Introduction to Sequence Stratigraphy in the field: Utah, USA

  This course was held in the classic sequence stratigraphic localities of Book Cliffs and in the salt-tectonically affected Paradox Basin, with is a good analogue to the UK southern and central North Sea hydrocarbon plays. It provided the opportunity to gain experience of clastic sedimentology and extensional and salt tectonics in areas of excellent exposure.

  27th of September - 5th of October Utah, USA

  

• EURODOM 3-D Seismic Interpretation and Visualization

  First part was an intensive course on 3-D Seismic visualization and the 2nd part was a serie of lectures on processes related to slope stability in continental margins. Course Agenda

  25th to 31th of May 2005 Tromsø, Norway

• Deep-sea Sedimentary Processes and Products: Submarine Slope Instability II .

  Given by the Prof. Jacques Locat, from the University of Quebec (Canada)

  1st to the 4th of June 2004 Barcelona, Spain

  

• EURODOM Submarine Slope Stability Intensive Course

  Course Agenda

  29th March - 2nd April 2004 Barcelona, Spain

Published articles

• Gafeira, J., Long, D., Scrutton, R., Evans, D. (2010): 3D seismic evidence of internal structure within Tampen Slide deposits on the North Sea Fan : are chaotic deposits that chaotic? Journal of the Geological Society, 167 (3). 605-616.

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Published abstracts

• Gafeira, J., Bulat, J., Evans, D. (2006): Morphology and submarine mass movement interactions during the North Sea Fan development European Geosciences Union General Assembly (EGU�06), Vienna, Austria, 3th - 7th April, 2006). Poster

• Gafeira, J., Bulat, J., Evans, D. (2005): Seafloor imaging using 3D seimic of the southern Storegga Slide flank.2nd. International Conference Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, Oslo, Norway (5th - 7th September, 2005). Poster

• Gràcia, E., Vizcaino, A.,Pallas, R., Gracia, J., Gafeira, J., Terrinha, P., Escutia, C., Diez, S., Willmott, V., Casas, D., Dañobeitia, J.(2005): Submarine landslides associatted to the active Marques de Pombal Fault, offshore Portugal: Paleoseismic Implications.2nd. International Conference Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, Oslo, Norway (5th - 7th September, 2005). Oral

• Gafeira, J., Gràcia, E., Terrinha, P., Vizcaino, A., Dañobeitia, J.(2005): Morphostructural Mapping of the Marques de Pombal Fault Area (SW Portuguese Margin). European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria (24th - 29th April, 2005). Poster

• Gafeira, J., Borraccini, F., Terrinha, P., Zitellini N.(2003): Modelo 3D da estrutura da Falha Marques de Pombal. In: Special Volume on the 4th Symposium on the Continental Iberian Atlantic Margin, Thalassas, 19 (2a), 146-147.

• Terrinha, P.; Zitellini, N.; Matias L.; Gràcia E.; Ribeiro A.; Mendes Víctor L.; Dañobeitia J.; Pinheiro, L.M.; Gafeira, J.; Matias, H.; Roque, C. and BIGSETS, TTR-10, PARSIFAL & HITS cruise parties : Falha de Marquês de Pombal: estrutura sismo-tsunamigénica do sismo de Lisboa de 1 de Novembro de 1755? Estrutura, morfologia e sedimentação associadas. Congresso Nacional de Geologia, Caparica, Portugal, (4th - 6th June, 2003).Oral

• Grácia, E., Gafeira, J., Terrinha, P., Dañobeitia, J. J., Blondel, P., Gomez, O.: Cartografia morfo-estrutural e de processos de instabilidade de vertente da zona da Falha Marquês de Pombal utilizando imagens de sonar lateral de alta resolução (TOBI). Congresso Nacional de Geologia, Caparica, Portugal, (4th - 6th June, 2003).Oral

• Gafeira, J.: Similarities between geomorphologic aspects and physics processes at mountain ranges. Pangea'03, Évora, Portugal (6th - 9th March, 2003).Oral

• Gràcia, E., Dañobeitia, J.J., Terrinha, P. Blondel, P., Roque, C., Gafeira, J., and HITS scientific cruise party.: Structure, active tectonics, mass wasting and sedimentary/erosion processes in the area of the Marquês de Pombal - São Vicente Canyon, SW Portuguese Margin. Results from deep towed side scan sonar (TOBI). Geosphere/Biosphere/Hydrosphere Coupling Processes, Fluid Escape Structures and Tectonics at Continental Margins and Ocean Ridges International Conference and TTR-11 Post-Cruise Meeting (UNESCO-IOC), Workshop Report No. 183, Aveiro, Portugal, (30th January to 2nd February, 2002).Oral

Chapter Books

• Terrinha, P; Rocha, R.; Rey, J.; Cachão, M.; Moura, D.; Roque, C.; Martins, L.; Valadares, V.; Cabral, J.; Azevedo, M. R.; Barbero, L.; Clavijo, E.; Dias, R. P.; Gafeira, J.; Matias, H.; Madeira,J.; Marques da Silva; C.;Munhá, J.; Rebelo, L.; Ribeiro, C.; Vicente, J. & Youbi, N. (2006): A Bacia do Algarve: Estratigrafia, Paleogeografia e Tectónica. in Geologia de Portugal no contexto da Ibéria (Dias, R; Araújo, A.; Terrinha, P. e Kullberg, J., Editores). Universidade de Évora, Évora. 247-316.