[Geoinfo] Re: PhD opportunities at the University of Plymouth

[Victor Hugo Garcia]

> We would be grateful if list members would circulate the following to
> students looking for PhD places:
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> The University of Plymouth is offering up to 40 PhD studentships to start
> in October 2009. As part of this initiative the following PhD titles have
> been proposed by staff within the Geosciences subject area.
>
> The closing date for applications is noon on the 26th May 2009.
>
> Geodynamics and Palaeomagnetism Research Group
>
> *       Petroleum Reservoir Quality of Deep-Sea Late Mesozoic and
> Cainozoic Turbidite Systems from Carpathian and Balkan Mountains.
> Supervisors: Dr Matthew Watkinson, Dr Mark Anderson, Dr Gregory Price, Dr
> Mark Enfield (PDF Ltd., UK), Dr Leszek Jankowski and Dr Robert Kopciowski
> (Polish Inst. of Geology, Krakow).
> *       Evolution of the Late Palaeozoic continental lithosphere of the
> Norwegian Sea margin - tectonic conditioning and implications for oil
> exploration in the Arctic region. Supervisors: Dr Mark Anderson, Dr
> Matthew Watkinson, Professor Mark Steltenpohl and Professor Bill Hames
> (Auburn University, US), Professor Arild Andresen (Oslo University).
> *       Quantifying rates of fault motion and seismic hazard in Western
> Turkey using a multi-proxy approach: sedimentology, tectonic geomorphology
> and palaeoseismology. Supervisors: Dr Sarah Boulton, Prof. Iain Stewart
> and Dr Alex Whittaker (Imperial College, London).
> *       Reconstruction of the palaeoenvironmental changes over the Miocene
> - Pliocene boundary in the Eastern
> Mediterranean<file:///\\ils403\geodynpaleo\PDF%20and%20word%20files\BoultonPhDproposal2.pdf>.
> Supervisors Dr. Sarah Boulton and Dr. Christopher Smart.
> *       An integrated palaeomagnetic and geochemical investigation of
> lower oceanic crustal accretion using ophiolitic analogues. Supervisors:
> Dr Antony Morris, Dr Nicola Pressling, Dr Chris MacLeod (Cardiff) and Dr
> Mark Anderson.
> *       The role of fieldwork in geoscience expertise: an investigation
> into the generation of engineering geology ground models and associated
> risk. Supervisors: Prof. Jim Griffiths, Dr Alison Stokes (EL CETL).
> *       Hidden depths: investigating the challenges to geoscience students
> in interpreting visual
> data<http://www.research.plymouth.ac.uk/geodynpaleo/PDF%20and%20word%20files/Anderson_stokes%20PhD.pdf>.
> Supervisors: Dr Mark Anderson, Dr Alison Stokes (EL CETL), Dr Julie
> Libarkin (Geocognition Research Laboratory, Michigan State University).
> *       Multi-property Pore Scale Modelling for Improved and Sustainable
> Oil Recovery. Supervisors: Prof. G. Peter Matthews
> (www.pore-cor.com<http://www.pore-cor.com>), Dr Mark Anderson.
>
> Palaeontology and Palaeoenvironments Research Group
>
> *       Terrestrial climate reconstruction across the Palaeocene / Eocene
> Thermal Maximum using a new organic climate proxy. Supervisors: Dr Stephen
> Grimes, Dr Paul Sutton and Dr Gregory Price.
> *       Foraminiferal change across the Cretaceous - Palaeogene boundary
> in Texas and Denmark. Supervisors: Prof. Malcolm Hart, Dr Richard
> Twitchett and Dr Christopher Smart.
> *       Foraminiferal re-colonisation of hostile environments: the
> Caribbean Sea adjacent to the volcanic island of Montserrat. Supervisors:
> Prof. Malcolm Hart and Dr Christopher Smart.
> *       High latitude ice and climate during the Jurassic and Cretaceous
> and the implications for sea level. Supervisors: Dr Gregory Price, Dr
> Matthew Watkinson, Dr Michael Simmons (Neftex).
> *       The response of pteropod faunas to climate change and ocean
> acidification. Supervisors: Dr Christopher Smart and Prof. Malcolm Hart.
> *       An updated landslide inventory and susceptibility analysis of the
> West of England. Supervisors: Dr Martin Stokes, Professor Jim Griffiths
> and Dr Claire Foster (British Geological Survey).
> *       Miocene palaeoceanography of the Indian Ocean using benthic
> foraminifera. Supervisors: Dr Christopher Smart, Dr Stephen Grimes and Dr
> Ellen Thomas (Yale University, USA).
> *       The rules of recovery: comparative palaeoecology of mass
> extinction events. Supervisor: Dr Richard Twitchett and Dr Christopher
> Smart.
> *       Biodiversity crisis and recovery during the Triassic-Jurassic
> greenhouse interval: testing ocean acidification hypotheses. Supervisors:
> Dr Richard Twitchett and Prof. John Spicer.
>
>
> Details of the above projects and how to apply for them can be found on
> the following web pages.
>
> Palaeontology and Palaeoenvironments Research Group PhD's:
> http://www.research.plymouth.ac.uk/paleopalenv/PPRSOpportunitiespage.html
>
> Geodynamics and Palaeomagnetism Research Group projects PhD's:
> http://www.research.plymouth.ac.uk/geodynpaleo/GPOpportunitiespage.html
>
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> Dr. Antony Morris
> School of Earth, Ocean and Environmental Sciences,
> University of Plymouth,
> Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA.
> Tel: +44 1752 584766
> Fax: +44 1752 584776
> e-mail: amorris en plymouth.ac.uk
> http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/pages/dynamic.asp?page=staffdetails&id=amorris&size=l
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