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  Process Design for Efficient Metal Extraction from Concentrates
University of Leicester Department of Chemistry
  Prof A P Abbott, Dr GRT Jenkin
Application Deadline: 21 January 2019
Traditional ore processing is generally carried out using either hydrometallurgy (high cost, low volume, reasonable selectivity) or pyrometallurgy (lower cost, high volume, low selectivity).
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  What can hydrocarbon fingerprints tell us about fracking in organic-rich shales?
University of Leicester Department of Chemistry
  Prof P S Monks, Prof S Davies
Application Deadline: 21 January 2019
The accurate estimation of the hydrocarbon content of potential source rocks is increasingly important as unconventional sources of hydrocarbons become economically viable and we look manage of our environment responsibly as we try to meet our energy needs.
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  (MERI) High temperature properties of airborne dusts and their behaviour in aircraft engines
University of Manchester School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
  Research Group: Atmospheric Science
  Dr M Jones, Dr A Pawley, Prof M Gallagher
Application Deadline: 6 February 2019
CASE STUDENTSHIP WITH ROLLS-ROYCE. Every year, an estimated 2,000 million tonnes of dust is carried up into the atmosphere, mainly during sand and dust storms.
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  MOSAIC: Microplastics in Scotland and Northern Ireland Catchment and Marine Environments - QUADRAT
Aberdeen University QUADRAT
  Dr D Muirhead, Dr R Flood
Application Deadline: 31 January 2019
The current understanding of microplastic flux between terrestrial and marine environments is extremely limited and considered primarily in ‘pristine environments’ (e.g., Arctic ice).
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  Understanding the role of clay mineral redox reactions for metal contaminant fate
Newcastle University Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering
  Dr A Neumann
Application Deadline: 31 January 2019
This project is part of the ONE Planet DTP. Find out more here. https://research.ncl.ac.uk/one-planet/. Anthropogenic actitivies have in the past and continue today to pollute water and terrestrial ecosystems with metal contaminants.
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  PhD in Geographical & Earth Sciences: Delivery of water to early Earth by carbonaceous meteorites
University of Glasgow College of Science and Engineering
  Prof M Lee, Dr LH Hallis
Applications accepted all year round
This project asks whether the Earth’s hydrosphere could have come from outer space via water-rich meteorites. The focus of this work will be on analysing the abundance and hydrogen isotopic composition of water in Mighei-like (CM) carbonaceous chondrites.
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  PhD in Geographical & Earth Sciences: Space weathering of carbonaceous asteroids and its astrobiological implications
University of Glasgow College of Science and Engineering
  Prof M Lee, Dr C Persano, Dr L Daly
Applications accepted all year round
Two missions are currently en route to collect samples from carbonaceous asteroids and return them to Earth. The OSIRIS-Rex mission (NASA) will sample Bennu, whereas Hayabusa2 (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA) will visit the asteroid Ryugu.
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  Understanding and mitigating the environmental impacts of metal ore processing wastes produced using “green” solvents
University of Leicester School of Geography, Geology and the Environment
  Dr GRT Jenkin, Dr M Whelan
Application Deadline: 21 January 2019
Conventional mineral extraction from mined ores (e.g. for metals) is often an energy-intensive process, requiring either smelting or leaching at elevated temperature, or the use of large quantities of strong acids or bases that are energy intensive to produce.
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  Anatomy of subduction megathrust: a unique view from deep drilling into the Nankai Trough, Japan
University of Liverpool School of Environmental Sciences
  Prof D Faulkner, Dr J Bedford, Dr E Mariani
Application Deadline: 23 January 2019
Subduction zone megathrust earthquakes are the largest and most destructive on earth, with many rupturing the seafloor and generating devastating tsunamis such as that produced after the M9.0 Tohoku-Oki earthquake in 2011.
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  Going round the twist: The effect of stress on magma intrusion in Scotland and the Canary Islands
University of Liverpool School of Environmental Sciences
  Dr J Kavanagh, Prof a Biggin, Dr D Dennis, Dr B O'Driscoll
Application Deadline: 23 January 2019
Introduction. Magma is transported through the crust in fractures called dykes that cut across rock layers. Dykes are important in all stages in the life of a volcano; they transport magma from depth but may stall during ascent or reach the surface to feed eruptions (see Kavanagh 2018 for a review).
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