Geoscience PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Non-European Students in the UK

We have 92 Geoscience PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Non-European Students in the UK

Investigating the role of diatomaceous exopolysaccharides in carbonate precipitation: mechanism and potential applications

University of Oxford Department of Earth Sciences

Micritic limestone is abundant in the sedimentary record and an important repository for geochemical and isotopic proxy records of Earth history. Read more

Supervisor: Dr JC Cosmidis

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

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The prevalence of eccentricity forcing on evolution and the carbon cycle

University of Oxford Department of Earth Sciences

Detailed morphological records of coccolithophores over the last 2 million years coupled with whole genome analysis have, for the first time, revealed that there is a strong 400 kyr periodicity to the speciation and evolution of these calcifying algae1,2,7. Read more

Supervisor: Prof R Rickaby

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

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Tidal dissipation, magmatism and mantle convection on Io

University of Oxford Department of Earth Sciences

Intense magmatism and volcanism in Jupiter’s moon Io is driven by tidal heating. Magmatic segregation from the mantle and heat-piping across the crust exports the tidal heat to space, maintaining a thermal equilibrium. Read more

Supervisor: Prof RK Katz

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

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The potential of seismic monitoring during urban tunnel boring

University of Oxford Department of Earth Sciences

Severe geological changes ahead of a tunnel boring machine pose a risk to boring operations. Techniques such as seismic-while-drilling (SWD, Petronio & Poletto, 2002) are used in real-time to monitor geological changes ahead of the tunnel boring machine. Read more

Supervisor: Assoc Prof PK Koelemeijer

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

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Robust tomographic proxies for phase transitions in Earth’s mantle

University of Oxford Department of Earth Sciences

Convective processes, which remove heat from the Earth’s deep interior, drive plate tectonics at the surface and sustain our protective magnetic field. Read more

Supervisor: Assoc Prof PK Koelemeijer

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

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Robustly imaging mantle upwellings under isolated oceanic islands

University of Oxford Department of Earth Sciences

Mantle upwellings link the deep mantle to the surface and regulate Earth’s outgassing and internal temperature, which is a fundamental control on the atmosphere and our planet’s habitability. Read more

Supervisor: Assoc Prof PK Koelemeijer

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

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Experimental Study of Planetary Ices at High-Pressure/-Temperature Using dynamic diamond-anvil cells

University of Oxford Department of Earth Sciences

Understanding the composition, structure and dynamics of planetary interiors is key to model the formation, evolution and future of planetary systems. Read more

Supervisor: Prof HM Marquardt

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

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Rapid Multi-dimensional Seismic Property Mapping of Earth Materials

University of Oxford Department of Earth Sciences

Our planet’s inner dynamics and surface plate tectonics are governed by the properties of and processes in the Earth's lower mantle. Read more

Supervisor: Prof HM Marquardt

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

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The influence of the grain boundary network and grain size on seismic properties of Earth’s mantle

University of Oxford Department of Earth Sciences

The geological evolution of our planet is tightly linked to deep geodynamic processes, which, themselves, are governed by the physical and chemical properties of the Earth’s mantle. Read more

Supervisor: Prof HM Marquardt

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

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How do sandy clinoforms develop on the shelves of volcanic islands?

The University of Manchester Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Clinoforms are inclined stratigraphic surfaces that encompass rounded sedimentary bodies which build out from shallow to deeper water environments. Read more

Supervisors: Dr N Mitchell, Dr R Quartau

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Crustal Deformation and Active Tectonics of Afghanistan

University of Leeds School of Earth & Environment

This exciting project aims to advance our understanding of active crustal deformation and continental tectonics for the region of Afghanistan using high-resolution satellite radar (SAR) interferometry. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Elliott, Prof A Hooper, Prof R. T. Walker, Dr R. Styron

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

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Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) PhD Studentship - Geographical and Geological Research

Edge Hill University Graduate School

A fantastic opportunity to study for a 3-year funded doctorate whilst gaining valuable teaching experience. About the Research Project. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Cortes

19 January 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Stability controls in subsurface interfaces subjected to thermal and mechanical actions

Heriot-Watt University School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society

Fully funded PhD position available to UK and international students! Apply by 12 noon, 5 January 2024 (international applicants must have contacted supervisor by 11 December 2023). Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Sutman

5 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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Growth of fault networks: mapping the evolution of fault distributions, earthquake patterns, and seismic hazard

University of Edinburgh School of Geosciences

Summary. Subduction zone outer rises. a natural laboratory to reveal the development of fault networks and seismicity. Project background. Read more

Supervisors: Dr L Kalnins, Dr K Lythgoe, Prof I Main, Dr T Craig

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

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We have 92 Geoscience PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Non-European Students in the UK

Geoscience PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Non-European Students in the UK

We have 92 Geoscience PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Non-European Students in the UK

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