sedimentology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 16 sedimentology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Subglacial hydrology and climate change

University of Southampton School of Ocean and Earth Sciences

Project Overview. Glaciers are retreating worldwide and are a major contribution to global sea-level rise. There are many factors which control melting rate, particularly water at the glacier bed. Read more

Supervisors: Prof JK Hart, Dr GJ Roberts, Dr CL Lloyd

3 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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QUADRAT DTP: Crevasse squeeze ridges: a fingerprint of unstable glacier flow?

Aberdeen University School of Geosciences

This fully funded, 42-month PhD project is part of the QUADRAT Doctoral Training Partnership. Crevasse squeeze ridges (CSRs) are somewhat enigmatic landforms, though our understanding of their formation and preservation mechanisms are now near fully understood1. Read more

Supervisors: Prof B Rea, Dr A Newton

17 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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QUADRAT DTP: Controls on deep marine sediment and microplastic accumulation and burial.

Aberdeen University School of Geosciences

This fully funded, 42-month PhD project is part of the QUADRAT Doctoral Training Partnership. Read more

Supervisors: Dr R Brackenridge, Dr P Collins

17 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Global lahar model

University of Leeds Faculty of Environment

Summary. This project seeks to improve our understanding of the controls on the initiation, propagation, and impacts of lahars and other volcano-hydrologic hazards. Read more

Supervisors: Dr V Manville, Prof N Mountney, Dr J Carrivick

Open Day(s) 5 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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QUADRAT DTP: Offshore Engineering Geomorphology for Energy Transition

Aberdeen University School of Geosciences

This fully funded, 42-month PhD project is part of the QUADRAT Doctoral Training Partnership. The energy transition is upon us as society aims to reduce emissions by transitioning into clean, renewable and carbon neutral energy sources. Read more

Supervisors: Dr B Kurjanski, Dr A Newton

17 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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QUADRAT DTP: Developing Predictive Models of Microplastic Distribution and Accumulation in Sedimentary Systems.

Aberdeen University School of Geosciences

This fully funded, 42-month PhD project is part of the QUADRAT Doctoral Training Partnership. This PhD project aims to understand the mechanisms and controls on the transport and accumulation of microplastics (MP) in sedimentary systems. Read more

Supervisors: Prof A Hartley, Dr A Newton

17 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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QUADRAT DTP: Offshore renewable energy site characterisation using ultra-high resolution seismic data modelling and inversion with machine-learning.

Aberdeen University School of Geosciences

This fully funded, 42-month PhD project is part of the QUADRAT Doctoral Training Partnership. Seismic reflection data inversion is an established method to derive the physical properties of rocks from seismic data. Read more

Supervisors: Dr D Cornwell, Dr A Newton

17 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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The fingerprint of environmental change in the fluvial-aeolian sedimentary record

University of Leeds School of Earth & Environment

Full details, including eligibility and application procedure are here. https://panorama-dtp.ac.uk/research/the-fingerprint-of-environmental-change-in-the-fluvial-aeolian-sedimentary-record/. Read more

Supervisors: Prof N Mountney, Dr A McArthur, Dr G Cosgrove, Dr N Yan, Dr V Manville, Dr L Colombera

Open Day(s) 5 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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The Environmental Record of an Early Jurassic Carbonate Platform

University of Leeds Faculty of Environment

The Early Jurassic (201-174 Myrs ago) represents a time of marked environmental changes and evolution of the Earth system. Read more

Supervisors: Assoc Prof R J Newton, Prof P B Wignall, Prof I Vlahovic

Open Day(s) 5 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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The anatomy of an interglacial: interrogating the timing of Earth system responses to polar warming

University of Leeds School of Earth & Environment

Models of future climate change are, for the most part, informed by observational data spanning the last c.150 years – a period that has seen only limited climatic variability. Read more

Supervisors: Dr N Barlow, Dr AM McGuire

Open Day(s) 5 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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OP2453 Glacial Impact on Earth’s Geochemical Cycling and Climate

Northumbria University Faculty of Engineering and Environment

The principal project goal is to understand the impact of subglacial geochemical processes on global chemical cycling and how these impacts will change in an increasingly deglaciating world. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Graly

11 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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NERC Panorama DTP: Seeing in the dark: the fluid dynamics of sediment-rich flows

University of Hull Energy and Environment Institute

Most fluid flows are highly turbulent and contain two or more gas, fluid, or solid phases. Examples include geophysical (e.g. turbidity currents, pyroclastic density currents, rivers) and industrial (e.g., food processing, water treatment and metallurgical slurries) flows. Read more

Supervisors: Dr R Thomas, Dr S Simmons, Dr G Keevil, Prof J Peakall

5 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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PhD in Geographical and Earth Sciences - Developing quantitative predictive models of ignimbrite sheet architecture: implications for hazards at modern volcanoes

University of Glasgow College of Science and Engineering

Ignimbrites are the deposits of pyroclastic density currents (PDCs). These are amongst the most catastrophic flows on Earth and are extremely hazardous to humans, livestock and infrastructure. Read more

Supervisors: Dr D Brown, Dr R Brown, Dr AO Owen

6 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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NERC GW4+ DTP PhD studentship for 2024 Entry. - Blue carbon and ecosystem functioning in mangroves under pressure , PhD in Geography Ref: 4957

University of Exeter GW4

About the Partnership. This project is one of a number that are in competition for funding from the NERC Great Western Four+ Doctoral Training Partnership (GW4+ DTP). Read more

Supervisors: Dr B van Maanen, Dr D Urrego

9 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Ecosystem engineering in past and future reefs

University of Southampton School of Ocean and Earth Sciences

Project Overview. Have all ancient reef-builders influenced biodiversity as coral reefs do today? Coral reefs are the primary ecosystem engineers in our oceans today, but their capacity to maintain environments is threated by climate change. Read more

Supervisors: Dr T Ezard, Dr A Cribb

3 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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We have 16 sedimentology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

sedimentology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 16 sedimentology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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