seismic PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships

Constraining mantle dynamics with seismic data

Cardiff University
Cardiff School of Earth and Ocean Sciences

Prof J H Davies, Dr J Wookey

Application Deadline: 6 January 2020

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PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

Project keywords. Dynamics, Mantle, Convection, Circulation, Seismology, Mineralogy. Project Background. Earthquakes, volcanoes and mountains result from the dynamic Earth, driven by mantle convection.

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The application of Eurocode 8 Part1 around the world

Kingston University
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Computing

Prof C Georgopoulos

Applications accepted all year round

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PhD Type

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

Self-Funded PhD Students Only

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Eurocode 8 (EC8) is a state-of-the-art third generation code for seismic design. It includes well established concepts such as energy dissipation and new concepts such as displacement-based method.

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Caribbean Subduction: Seismic Imaging of Melt and Volatiles in the Lesser Antilles with joint inversion, full-waveform, and machine learning approaches

University of Southampton
Ocean and Earth Science

Dr C Rychert, Dr T Henstock

Application Deadline: 3 January 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

Dense oceanic tectonic plates sink beneath buoyant continental plates at subduction zones. The ocean plate adds volatiles like water to the mantle, lowering the melting temperature, and enabling melting and eventually creating volcanoes at Earth’s surface.

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Onshore/Offshore Seismic Imaging of the New Zealand Subduction Zone

University of Southampton
Ocean and Earth Science

Dr N Harmon, Prof L McNeill, Dr C Rychert

Application Deadline: 3 January 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

The behaviours and processes that occur at subduction zones inform our global understanding of plate boundary interaction at a variety of scales with broad implications for plate tectonics, volatiles cycling, seismic hazard and climate.

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The deep roots and internal structure of active and extinct seafloor massive sulphide deposits

University of Southampton
Ocean and Earth Science

Dr G Bayrakci, Prof T Minshull, Dr B Murton

Application Deadline: 3 January 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

Hydrothermal polymetallic seafloor massive sulphide (SMS) deposits form when seawater circulates within oceanic rocks driven by heat from below.

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Earth and Environment from Fiber Optic and Seismic Wave Analyses

University of Southampton
Ocean and Earth Science

Dr C Rychert, Dr A Masoudi, Dr N Harmon, Prof M Srokosz

Application Deadline: 3 January 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

Project Rationale. Much of our direct imaging and understanding of Earth’s subsurface comes from data collected by relatively sparse deployments of seismometers.

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Re-evaluation of the Volcanic, Sedimentological and Structural nature of the Scott/Telford Fields within the Central North Sea:A route to extended field life?

Aberdeen University
Department of Geology

Dr N Schofield, Prof D Jolley, Prof A Hartley

Application Deadline: 1 November 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

This project has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

The North Sea has provided a highly important resource to the UK and its economy for over the last 50 years. With the basin in overall production decline, it is important to examine ways of prolonging and extended the life of this now mature basin.

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A new monitoring tool for Coastal Landslide Observatories (JOHNSONUENV20ARIES)

University of East Anglia
School of Environmental Sciences

Dr J Johnson, Prof R. Nicholls

Application Deadline: 7 January 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

In the face of climate change, our coasts are becoming increasingly vulnerable due to more extreme weather events as well as sea-level rise.

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Source mechanics of fluid driven volcanic Earthquakes

University of Portsmouth
School of Earth & Environmental Sciences

Dr P Benson, Dr G Tozzi

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

Self-Funded PhD Students Only

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full time PhD, to commence in October 2019 or February 2020. The PhD will be based in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences and will be supervised by Dr.

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Mathematical and statistical analysis of time series data to quantify trends and events in ocean noise

University of Bath
Department of Mathematical Sciences

Dr M Nunes

Application Deadline: 31 October 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

This project has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

In collaboration with the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), the University of Bath is offering a PhD studentship in the field of mathematical and statistical analysis of time series data obtained from deep-ocean noise measurements.

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