Volcanic and Magmatic Related PhD Studentships - 2018
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UK NERC Doctoral Training Partnerships
Adapting to the Challenges of a Changing
Environment (ACCE)
The Cambridge Earth System Science DTP: Multi-
disciplinary studies of the solid Earth, its
atmosphere, oceans, cryosphere and biosphere
Centre for Doctoral Training in Oil and Gas
Central England NERC Training Alliance (CENTA)
E3 - Edinburgh, Earth and Environment
Environment East (EnvEast)
ENVISION
The Great Western Four Plus (GW4+)
IAPETUS: Postgraduate Environmental Training
NexUS
The London NERC Doctoral Training Partnership
The Manchester and Liverpool Doctoral Training
Programme
NERC Science @ Leeds and York – Site for PhD
Training in Environmental Research (SPHERES)
The Oxford DTP in Environmental Research
SCENARIO: Postgraduate centre in the SCience of
the Environment: Natural and Anthropogenic
pRocesses, Impacts and Opportunities
Science and Solutions for a Changing Planet
SPITFIRE – the Southampton Partnership for
Innovative Training of Future Investigators
Researching the Environment
Other Universities not part of a Doctoral
Training Partnership
Keele University
LMU, Munich, Germany
Trinity College, Dublin
University College, Dublin
University of Hull
University of Iceland
University of Portsmouth
Uppsala University, Sweden
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UK NERC Doctoral Training Partnerships
Adapting to the Challenges of a Changing Environment (ACCE)
University of Sheffield, University of York, Liverpool & other partners
(Deadline: N/A)
https://acce.group.shef.ac.uk/
Host institution: University of Sheffield
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Host institution: University of York
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Host institution: Liverpool
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The Cambridge Earth System Science DTP: Multi-disciplinary studies of the solid Earth, its atmosphere, oceans, cryosphere and biosphere
University of Cambridge, British Antarctic Survey & other partners
(Deadline: 4th January 2018)
https://essdtp.esc.cam.ac.uk/
The role of liquid immiscibility in creating Fe-Ti oxide deposits in mafic layered intrusions
Marian Holness (Cambridge) / Jens Andersen (Exeter) / Sam Weatherley (GEUS)
Early Earth evidence for a magnetic field
Helen Williams (Cambridge) / Richard Harrison (Cambridge)
The storage and cycling of carbon in subduction zones: implications for the evolution of the Earth's
atmosphere
Helen Williams (Cambridge) / Marie Edmonds (Cambridge) / Baptiste Debret (Brussels)
Carbon and sulfur cycling in the Earth’s mantle over the last 4 Ga: new clues from novel stable isotopes
Helen Williams (Cambridge) / Oliver Shorttle (Cambridge) / Frances Jenner (OU) / Heye Freymuth
(Cambridge)
Tracing mineralogical variations in the Earth's mantle: implications for accretion and the onset of tectonic
recycling
Helen Williams (Cambridge) / Oliver Shorttle (Cambridge)
Magmatism as a Key to Unlocking Phanerozoic Dynamic Topography
Nicky White (Cambridge) / John Maclennan (Cambridge)
Atmospheric fingerprints of Volcanism
Oliver Shorttle (Cambridge) / Alex Archibald (Cambridge) / Nikku Madhusudhan (Cambridge)
Olivine dislocation microstructure: a new archive of magmatic processes
Emilie Ringe (Cambridge) / John Maclannen (Cambridge) / Oliver Shorttle (Cambridge)
Magma ocean solidification: Early Earth and the dichotomous lunar crust
Jerome Neufeld (Cambridge) / Chloe Michaut (Lyon)
Magma rise in basaltic systems
John Maclennan (Cambridge) / John Rudge (Cambridge)
Magma Rise Times from Finite Element Models of Crystal Growth and Diffusion
John Maclennan (Cambridge) / John Rudge (Cambridge) / Chris Richardson (BP Institute)
Powering the nation: The Icelandic crustal heat balance
John Maclennan (Cambridge) / David Neave (Hannover)
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The distribution of carbon in Earth's mantle
John Maclennan (Cambridge) / Oliver Shorttle (Cambridge) / John Rudge (Cambridge)
Tephra records of explosive volcanism along the Kenyan Rift
Christine Lane (Cambridge) / Clive Oppenheimer (Cambridge) / Amy Donovan (Cambridge)
Crystal-melt segregation and the generation of large crystal-poor silicic eruptions
Marian Holness (Cambridge) / Mike Stock (Cambridge) / Rex Taylor (Southampton)
Microstructural proxies for igneous and metamorphic timescales
Marian Holness (Cambridge) / Emilie Ringe (Cambridge)
Novel constraints on the volatile contents of mantle melts feeding Large Igneous Provinces
Sally Gibson (Cambridge) / Helen Williams (Cambridge)
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Centre for Doctoral Training in Oil and Gas
University Aberdeen, Durham University, Heriot-Watt University, Imperial College
London, University of Manchester, University of Oxford, British Geological Survey &
Other Partners
(Deadline: N/A)
https://www.nerc-cdt-oil-and-gas.ac.uk
Host institution: University of Aberdeen
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Host institution: Durham University
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Host institution: Heriot-Watt University
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Host institution: Imperial College, London
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Host institution: University of Manchester
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Host institution: University of Oxford
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Central England NERC Training Alliance (CENTA)
University of Birmingham, University of Leicester, Loughborough University, The
Open University, University of Warwick & other partners
(Deadline: 22nd January 2018)
https://www.centa.org.uk/
Host institution: University of Birmingham
The stratigraphy and emplacement of the Antrim Lavas (SEAL)
Carl Stevenson (Birmingham) / Sebastian Watt (Birmingham) / Rob Raine (Geological Survey of Northern
Ireland) / Dougal Jerram (Oslo) / Phil Copestake (Merlin Energy)
Host institution: University of Leicester
Accessory minerals as fertility indicators in porphyry copper deposit formation
Andrew Miles (Leicester) / David Holwell (Leicester) / Dan Smith (Leicester) / Shaun Graham (ZEISS)
Eruption source vents and subsidence patterns in exhumed caldera volcanoes, English Lake District
Michael Branney (Leicester) / Jan Zalasiewicz (Leicester) / Tiffany Barry (Leicester)
Mathematical modelling of large volcanic jets through lakes
Michael Branney (Leicester) / Nikolai Brilliantov (Leicester) / Emmanuil Georgoulis (Leicester)
Melt fragmentation during giant impact events: a volcanological approach
Mike Branney (Leicester) / Jan Zalasiewicz (Leicester) / Tiffany Barry (Leicester) / Lutz Hecht (Berlin) / Kathy
Cashman (Bristol)
Post-subduction magmatism and mineralisation: the Tuvatu gold deposit, Fiji
Dan Smith (Leicester) / Andrew Miles (Leicester) / David Holwell (Leicester) / Jon Naden (BGS) / Stephen
Mann (Lion One Metals Ltd) / Paul Spry (Iowa State)
Host institution: The Open University, Milton Keynes
Enrichment of critical elements in granites: melting process or protolith?
Tom Argles (OU) / Frances Jenner (OU) / Sam Hammond (OU) / Nigel Harris (OU)
Pulses, sources and timescales: tectonic implications of melting during mountain-belt formation
Clare Warren (OU) / Tom Argles (OU) / Christopher Spencer (Curtin) / Nigel Harris (OU)
Host institution: Loughborough University
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Host institution: University of Warwick
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E3 - Edinburgh, Earth and Environment
University of Edinburgh & other partners
(Deadline: 11th January 2018)
http://e3dtp.geos.ed.ac.uk/
Host institution: University of Edinburgh
Core formation in the early Earth: the lasting geochemical legacy of textural instabilities Geoffrey Bromiley (Edinburgh) / Paul Attfield (Edinburgh) / Ian Butler (Edinburgh) Andesite Genesis: A Sumatran Case study Kate Saunders (Edinburgh) / Linda Kirstein (Edinburgh) / Val Troll (Uppala) Assessment of subglacial volcanism in West Antarctica and beyond Robert Bingham (Edinburgh) / Eliza Calder (Edinburgh) / Dr. Lara Kalnins (Edinburgh) Explosive eruptions of the Colima Volcanic Complex, Mexico: linking proximal and distal tephra layers to build a better understanding of eruptive activity Anthony Newton (Edinburgh) / Julia Crummy (BGS) / Andrew Dugmore (Edinburgh) Volcanic hazards and risk in the Caribbean Islands of Saba and St. Eustatius Eliza Calder (Edinburgh) / Elske de Zeeuw-van Dalfsen (KNMI) / Laslo Evers (KNMI) Rare earth elements in olivine as a tool to understand igneous and mantle processes Cees-Jan De Hoog Edinburgh) / Godfrey Fitton (Edinburgh) Volcanic ash layers and environmental change Andrew Dugmore (Edinburgh) / Anthony Newton (Edinburgh) / Caroline Lehman (Edinburgh) / Nick Cutler (Newcastle) / Richard Streeter (St. Andrews) Forecasting of catastrophic failure in porous media Ian Main (Edinburgh) / Alexis Cartwright-Taylor (Edinburgh) / Andrew Bell (Edinburgh) Force chains: Revealing the strong backbone of natural granular flows Mark Naylor (Edinburgh) / Karen Mair (Oslo) / Eliza Calder (Edinburgh) / Ian Butler (Edinburgh)
Host institution: Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre (SUERC)
Super-eruptions: what do they do and when do they do it? Darren Mark (SUERC) / Ryan Ickert (SUERC) / Kate Saunders (Edinburgh)
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Environment East (EnvEast)
University of East Anglia, University of Kent, University of Essex, British Antarctic
Survey & other partners
(Deadline: 8th January 2018)
https://www.enveast.ac.uk/
Host institution: University of East Anglia
Geophysical modelling of fluid movement at Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii
Richard Herd (UEA) / Jessica Johnson (UEA) / Michael Poland (USGS)
Host institution: University of Kent
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Host institution: University of Essex
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ENVISION
Lancaster University, Bangor University, University of Nottingham, Rothamsted
Research & other partners
(Deadline: 14th January 2018)
https://www.envision-dtp.org/
Host institution: Lancaster University
Fracking Magma: field and experimental investigation of hydrofracture in volcanic systems
Hugh Tuffen (Lancaster) / Rob Cuss (BGS) / Emrys Phillips (BGS) / Fabian Wadsworth (LMU)
Host institution: Bangor University
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Host institution: University of Nottingham
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Host institution: Rothampsted Research
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The Great Western Four Plus (GW4+)
University of Bristol, Cardiff University, University of Exeter, University of Bath &
other partners
(Deadline: 7th January 2018)
https://nercgw4plus.ac.uk/
Host institution: University of Bristol
Basaltic volcanic fields: Magma storage and controls on volcanic activity
Kathy Cashman (Bristol) / Alison Rust (Bristol) / Johan Lissenberg (Cardiff) / Natalia Deligne (GNS)
Fragmentation, ash dispersal and sedimentation for hydromagmatic volcanic eruptions
Alison Rust (Bristol) / Kathy Cashman (Bristol) / Frances Becket (Met Office)
Isotopic and experimental constraints on the global Mo cycle
Tim Elliot (Bristol) / Richard Brooker (Bristol) / Dan Condon (NIGL)
Magmatic Processes and Eruption Variability at Mount Taranaki, New Zealand
Heidy Mader (Bristol) / Richard Brooker (Bristol) / Geoff Kilgour (GNS)
Structural controls on the growth of magma bodies: thermal modeling of porphyries, plutons and active
deformation in the Andes
Juliet Biggs (Bristol) / Wim Degruyter (Cardiff) / BHP Billiton (CASE Partner)
Thermomechanical controls on unrest and pre-eruptive processes: A comparison of the Auckland volcanic
field and Mt Ruapehu, New Zealand
Jo Gottsmann (Bristol) / James Hickey (CSM) / Geoff Kilgour (GNS)
Understanding chromium and titanium isotope fractionation in the Earth’s mantle
Ian Parkinson (Bristol) / Richard Brooker (Bristol) / Marc-Alban Millet (Cardiff)
When did the Earth’s cratonic lithosphere form? A new look at the record from inclusions in diamonds
Simon Kohn (Bristol) / Ian Parkinson (Bristol) / Michael Walter (Geophysical Laboratory, USA)
Host institution: Cardiff University
Characterisation of volcanic emergence of the Panama Isthmus
David Buchs (Cardiff) / Andrew Kerr (Cardiff) / Jon Blundy (Bristol)
Constraining the petrogenesis and timing of the late magmatic events in the British Palaeogene Igneous
Province
Andrew Kerr (Cardiff) / Iain McDonald (Cardiff) / Hannah Hughes (CSM) / Ian Millar (NIGL)
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How did Earth’s earliest continents form? Novel isotopic window into the formation of the Pilbara and
Yilgarn cratons (Western Australia)
Marc-Alban Millet (Cardiff) / Morten Andersen (Cardiff) / Tim Elliot (Bristol) / Hugh Smithies (Geological
Survey of Western Australia) / David Champion (Geoscience Australia)
Isotopic heterogeneity of the oceanic upper mantle: the crystal record
Johan Lissenberg (Cardiff) / Marc-Alban Millet (Cardiff) / Ian Parkinson (Bristol)
Constraining mantle dynamics with geochemical observations
Huw Davies (Cardiff) / Tim Elliott (Bristol) / Morten Andersen (Cardiff) / Johan Lissenberg (Cardiff)
Host institution: Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter
Platinum-Group Element and Isotopic Geochemistry of Lamprophyric Dykes from the Bushveld Complex,
South Africa: Implications for Mapping Precious Metals in the Mantle as a Mineral Exploration Tool
Hannah Hughes (CSM) / Iain McDonald (Cardiff) / Chris Jeffrey (Exeter) / Judith Kinnaird (Witwatersrand) / Grant Bybee (Witwatersrand) / Chris Hawkesworth (Bristol) / Simon Tapster (NIGL)
Host institution: British Geological Survey, Keyworth
The life and times of porphyry copper deposits in the Archean Simon Tapster (BGS) / Ian Parkinson (Bristol)
Host institution: British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge
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Host institution: University of Bath
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IAPETUS: Postgraduate Environmental Training NexUS
Durham University, University of Glasgow, Newcastle University, University of
Stirling, University of St. Andrews & other partners
(Deadline: 19th January 2018)
http://www.iapetus.ac.uk/
Host institution: Durham University
Intrusive investigations with transition metal (Fe-V-Zn) stable isotopes
Julie Prytulak (Durham) / John MacDonald (Glasgow) / Madeleine Humphreys (Durham) / Geoff Nowell
(Durham) / Kevin Burton (Durham)
The volcanic roots of the Lesser Antilles island arc: insights from mineral isotope stratigraphy
Julie Prytulak (Durham) / Iain Neill (Glasgow) / Geoff Nowell (Durham) / George Cooper (Durham) / Colin
Macpherson (Durham)
Host institution: University of Glasgow
Improved measurements of land motion from GPS for geoscience applications (sea-level / GIA / tectonics /
hydrology / volcanology)
Elizabeth Petrie (Glasgow) / Peter Clarke (Newcastle) / Surajit Ray (Glasgow)
Host institution: University of St Andrews
The effect of hydrothermal alteration and seafloor weathering on the oceanic Si isotope cycle
Paul Savage (St Andrews) / Kevin Burton (Durham) / James Rae (St Andrews)
The evolution of Earth’s atmosphere as recorded by continental crust
Eva Stüeken (St Andrews) / Julie Prytulak (Durham) / Sami Mikhail (St Andrews) / Will McCarthy (St Andrews)
Host institution: Newcastle University
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Host institution: University of Stirling
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The London NERC Doctoral Training Partnership
University College London, Birkbeck, (UoL) / Brunel University, King’s College
London, Natural History Museum (NHM) / Queen Mary, (UoL) / Royal Holloway
(UoL) & other partners
(Deadline: 8th January 2018)
https://london-nerc-dtp.org/
Host institution: University College London
High temperature fracture and flow in volcanic systems
Peter Sammonds (UCL) / Hugh Tuffen (Lancaster)
What can long period seismic tremors tell us about physical-chemical processes inside active volcanoes?
Teh-Ru Alex Song (UCL)
Remote sensing of melt ponds from multiple satellites
Julienne Stroeve (UCL) / Michel Tsamados (UCL)
Host institution: Royal Holloway (University of London)
Microgeodynamic modeling of partially molten rocks
Saswata Hier-Majumder (Royal Holloway)
Thermochemical anomalies in the Earth’s lowermost mantle
Saswata Hier-Majumder (Royal Holloway) / Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni (UCL)
Ca isotopes as a potential tracer for CO2 in magmatic systems
Christina Manning (Royal Holloway) / Philip Pogge Von Strandmann (UCL)
Seismic and Geophysical Study of the Dynamics of the Reunion Plume and its Plume-Ridge Interaction
Jason Morgan (Royal Holloway)
The interaction of volcanism with a TTF triple junction: the case of Volcan Baru’ and the subducting
Panama Fracture Zone
Paola Vannucchi (Royal Holloway) / Chiara Petrone (NHM)
Host institution: Natural History Museum
Timescale of explosive eruptions at popocatepetl Volcano (Mexico)
Chiara Maria Petrone (NHM) / Hilary Downes (Birkbeck)
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Host institution: Birkbeck (University of London)
A geological puzzle related to the subduction history of the southern Antarctic Peninsula
Andrew Carter (Birkbeck) / Teal Riley (BAS)
Evolution of explosive magmatic systems on oceanic islands: example of Brava (Cape Verdes)
Hilary Downes (Birkbeck) / Simon Day (UCL)
Understanding the tectono-magmatic role of transverse crustal structures in the Andes, Chile from
seismicity and seismic imaging
James Hammond (Birkbeck) / Tom Mitchell (UCL)
Modelling the effects of partial melt on seismic waves
James Hammond (Birkbeck) / David Dobson (UCL)
Host institution: Brunel University
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Host institution: Kings College London
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The Manchester & Liverpool Doctoral Training Programme
University of Manchester, Liverpool & Other Partners
(Deadline: 19th January 2018)
https://www.liv.ac.uk/studentships-earth-atmosphere-ocean/
Host institution: University of Manchester
Early Earth hydrosphere-lithosphere interactions: Black smokers, Mineral deposits and the Origin of life
Brian O’Driscoll (Manchester) / Russell Garwood (Manchester) / Neil Mitchell (Manchester)
Magama Chambers or Mush?
Julian Mecklenburgh (Manchester) / Ernie Rutter (Manchester) / Peter Lee (Manchester) / Brian O’Driscoll
(Manchester) / Mike Burton (Manchester)
Reactive melt flow in the lower oceanic crustal transition zone
Brian O’Driscoll (Manchester) / Margaret Hartley (Manchester) / Julien Leuthold (ETH)
The fluid dynamics of magma replenishment in precious metal-enriched layered intrusions
Brian O’Driscoll (Manchester) / Chris Johnson (Manchester) / Anne Juel (Manchester)
Volatile history of the Moon through geomorphological studies of eruption deposits and modelling of
volcanic processes
Mike Burton (Manchester) / Katie Joy (Manchester) / Margherita Polacci (Manchester) / Giuseppe La Spina
(Manchester) / Mattia de’ Michieli Vitturi (INGV Pisa)
Host institution: Liverpool
Acoustic characterization of volcanic activity at the Santiaguito lava dome complex, Guatemala;
implications for assessment of eruption strength and atmospheric ash plume rise
Silvio De Angelis (Liverpool) / Andreas Rietbrock (Liverpool) / Yan Lavallée (Liverpool)
Seismicity, deformation, and failure at lava dome volcanoes
Silvio De Angelis (Liverpool) / Yan Lavallée (Liverpool)
Ultra-high-resolution models of fast changing topography: application to basaltic lava flows
Pablo Gonzalez (Liverpool) / Silvio De Angelis (Liverpool)
The Conundrum of Rangitoto Volcano, New Zealand; the Palaeomagnetic Story
Mimi Hill (Liverpool) / Andy Biggin (Liverpool) / Andreas Nilsson (Lund) / Paul Augustinus (Auckland) / Phil
Shane, (Auckland)
Kimberlite magmas and eruptions: Origin and evolution
Janine Kavanagh (Liverpool) / E. Mariani (Liverpool) / Yan Lavallée (Liverpool) / K. Russell (UBC) / E.
Humphreys-Williams (NHM)
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Tracking magma ascent in the crust
Janine Kavanagh (Liverpool) / Silvio De Angelis (Liverpool) / D. Dennis (Liverpool)
Analysing the threat of volcanic ash on jet engine operation
Yan Lavallée (Liverpool) / Mike Burton (Manchester) / Silvio De Angelis (Liverpool) / Jackie Kendrick
(Liverpool) / Alan Butcher (FEI) / Jacopo Taddeucci (INGV Rome)
What controls magma foaming in volcanic conduits? Testing the effects of differential stress and
temperature fields
Yan Lavallée (Liverpool) / Mike Burton (Manchester) / Peter Lee (Manchester) / Jackie Kendrick (Liverpool) /
Donald Dingwell (Munich)
The volcanic safety valve: controlling the release of volatiles for safe geothermal drilling into magma
chamber
Yan Lavallée (Liverpool) / Felix von Aulock (Liverpool) / Peter Lee (Manchester) / Greg Holland (Manchester)
/ Jackie Kendrick (Liverpool) / Hugh Tuffen (Lancaster) / Bettina Scheu (Munich)
Eruptive shearing during magma ascent – a control on lava dome eruption dynamics
Yan Lavallée (Liverpool) / Janine Kavanagh (Liverpool) / David Dennis (Liverpool) / Jackie Kendrick (Liverpool)
/ P Zavada (Prague) / K-U Hess (Munich)
3D seismic tomography at Santiaguito volcano, Guatemala
Andreas Rietbrock (Liverpool) / Silvio De Angelis (Liverpool) / Yan Lavallée (Liverpool)
High frequency Moment Tensors: A novel tool to estimate earthquakes faulting mechanisms in volcanoes,
subduction zones and hydrofracturing experiments
Andreas Rietbrock (Liverpool) / Ben Edwards (Liverpool) / Brian Baptie (BGS)
Accretion of the continental crust: from real-time observations to mechanical and analogue models of
magma body growth
Pablo Gonzalez (Liverpool) / Janine Kavanagh (Liverpool)
Landscape conditioning of lahar and jökulhlaup impact
Robert Duller (Liverpool) / Silvio De Angelis (Liverpool) / Pablo Gonzales (Liverpool)
From feeder dykes to volcanic vents: The influence of rock mechanics on magma intrusion in the crust
Janine Kavanagh (Liverpool) / Dan Faulkner (Liverpool) / David Dennis (Liverpool)
High Latitude Variations of the Earth’s Magnetic Field: the Holocene Icelandic Lava Record
Mimi Hill (Liverpool) / Andy Biggin (Liverpool) / Richard Holme (Liverpool)
Linking topography changes to physical volcanic processes
Pablo Gonzalez (Liverpool) / Silvio De Angelis (Liverpool)
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Mantle magma fluxes constrained using geodesy at Ocean Island Volcanoes
Pablo Gonzalez (Liverpool) / Silvio De Angelis (Liverpool)
The dynamics of cone sheet emplacement and construction of volcanic edifices
Janine Kavanagh (Liverpool) / Brian O'Driscoll (Manchester) / Andy Biggin (Liverpool) / David Dennis
(Liverpool)
The dynamics of lateral magma transport in volcanic rift zones
Janine Kavanagh (Liverpool) / Margaret Hartley (Manchester) / Silvio De Angelis (Liverpool) / Pablo Gonzalez
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NERC Science @ Leeds and York – Site for PhD Training in Environmental Research (SPHERES)
University of Leeds, University of York & other partners
(Deadline: 9th January 2018)
https://www.nercdtp.leeds.ac.uk/
Host institution: University of Leeds
Unseen but not unfelt: building resilience to air pollution from volcanoes
Evgenia Ilyinskaya (Leeds) / Anja Schmidt (Cambridge) / Ralph Burton (NCAS) / Claire Witham (Met Office) /
Wilfried Strauch (INETER, Nicaragua)
Martian volcanic systems: using surface strain indicators to investigate magmatically driven stress in the
Tharsis region, Mars
Emma Bramham (Leeds) / Mark Thomas (Leeds) / Sandra Piazolo (Leeds) / Douglas Paton (Leeds) / Paul
Byrne (NCSU)
How do magmatic mush zones deform?
Susanna Ebmeier (Leeds) / Dan Morgan (Leeds) / Andy Hooper (Leeds)
Explosive basaltic volcanism in the Ethiopian rift
David Ferguson (Leeds) / Dan Morgan (Leeds) / Gezahegn Yirgu (Addis Ababa) / Marie Edmonds (Cambridge)
Understanding caldera collapse at volcanoes in the Galapagos Islands using satellite remote sensing and
gravity measurements
Andy Hooper (Leeds) / Susanna Ebmeier (Leeds) / Marco Bagnardi (NASA)
Reading Gold: Investigating the link between chemical composition, microstructure and geological history
of gold
Dan Morgan (Leeds) / Sandra Piazolo (Leeds) / Robert Chapman (Leeds) / David Banks (Leeds) / Thomas
Mueller (Leeds)
Did the Early Earth have plate tectonics?
Thomas Mueller (Leeds) / Sandra Piazolo (Leeds) / Jason Harvey (Leeds)
Magmatic mass transfer through deep crust: Field relationships, chemistry and rheology
Sandra Piazolo (Leeds) / Thomas Mueller (Leeds)
Petrological & geochemical insights into subduction initiation- the case of Izu-Bonin-Mariana volcanic arc
Ivan Savov (Leeds) / David Ferguson (Leeds) / Jason Harvey (Leeds)
Relating large scale volcanic flank mass movements to the possible role and existence of water on Mars
Mark Thomas (Leeds) / Emma Bramham (Leeds) / Paul Byrne (NCSU)
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Host institution: University of York
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The Oxford DTP in Environmental Research
University of Oxford & other partners
(Deadline: 19th January 2018)
Oxford Earth Sciences accepts applications for DPhil study via three mechanisms: direct application, NERC
Environmental Doctoral Training Programme (DTP) / and through the Science and Technology Funding
Council (STFC).
Doctoral Training Programme
https://www.environmental-research.ox.ac.uk/ The Oxford DTP in Environmental Research seeks to recruit the most promising research students, from a wide
variety of backgrounds, capable of developing their own research projects in line with the interests of our
broad selection of supervisors.
Supervisors: Mike Cassidy, Tarje Nissen-Meyer, Karin Sigloch, Tamsin Mather, Richard Katz, David Pyle, Lars
Hansen, Chris Ballentine
Volcanology, Seismology and Active Tectonics
• Seismological imaging of mantle structure beneath a hotspot volcano
• Volcanic CO2 emissions in the Main Ethiopian Rift
• Magma/mantle dynamics: production and extraction of melt from the convecting mantle
• The fluid dynamics of melting and melt extraction
• Using Earth Observation techniques to understand volcanic processes
• Mantle volatile reservoirs
• Volcanic continental margins and continental break-up
• Understanding the volcanism of the Tasmantid seamount chain
• Large explosive eruptions in the Main Ethiopian Rift
Direct Application
The projects below may also be applied for through the DTP route.
https://www.earth.ox.ac.uk/teaching/graduates/dphil-projects-2018/
Students with alternative funding, including scholarships, industry or government backing, or those who are
self-funded, can apply directly to the department to study for a DPhil in Earth Sciences. Those considering this
route are advised to look at the projects available for the coming year, and to contact their prospective
supervisor before submitting an application.
What controlled the explosivity and sulfur release of the largest recent explosive eruption on Earth? Mike Cassidy (Oxford) / David Pyle (Oxford) / Jonathan Castro (Mainz) / Tamsin Mather (Oxford)
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Processes controlling EMI and EMII mantle endmembers and their role in deep volatile recycling Chris Ballentine (Oxford) / Tamsin Mather (Oxfrod) / Rosie Jones (Oxford) Magmatic volatiles: the behaviour of noble gases and halogens in subduction- related volcanic systems Tamsin Mather (Oxford) / Chris Ballentine (Oxford) / Ray Burgess (Manchester) / Rosie Jones (Oxford) Understanding the volcanism of the Tasmantid seamount chain Tamsin Mather (Oxford) / David Pyle (Oxford) / Lara Kalnins (Durham) / Ben Cohen (Glasgow) Geochemical transport by diffuse and channelised magmatic flow Richard Katz (Oxford) Two-phase geodynamics of subduction tectonics and magmatism Richard Katz (Oxford) / Dave May (Oxford) Metals in magmas Tamsin Mather (Oxford) / Bernie Wood (Oxford)
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SCENARIO: Postgraduate centre in the SCience of the Environment: Natural and Anthropogenic pRocesses, Impacts and Opportunities
University of Reading, University of Surrey & other partners
(Deadline: N/A)
http://www.reading.ac.uk/graduateschool/dtcsandgrants/gs-nercdtp.aspx
Host institution: University of Reading
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Host institution: University of Surrey
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Science and Solutions for a Changing Planet
Imperial College London & other partners
(Deadline: 16th January 2018)
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/education/science-and-solutions-for-a-changing-planet-dtp/
Host institution: Imperial College London
Geochemistry of Non-Traditional Stable Isotopes Dominik Weiss (Imperial) Titanite occurrence and chemistry as a monitor of melt redox state, magmatic fertility and hydrothermal alteration in porphyry ore sytems Jamie Wilkinson (NHM)
Host institution: Camborne School of Mines: University of Exeter
Magmas, fluids, faults and metals - re-assessing the controls on magmatic-hydrothermal W-Sn-As-Cu-Zn-Pb mineralisation and zonation associated with the Cornubian Batholith, SW England Robin Shail (CSM) / Jamie Wilkinson (Imperial) / Clara Wilkinson (NHM) / Beth Simons (Exeter)
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SPITFIRE – the Southampton Partnership for Innovative Training of Future Investigators Researching the Environment
University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre & other partners
(Deadline: 5th January 2018)
https://projects.noc.ac.uk/spitfire/
Archaeology and Volcanism in Northern Japan; Combing tephrachronology with sediment metabarcoding
Tony Brown (Southampton) / Paul Hughes (Southampton)
Boron isotopes as a tracer of crustal recycling in mantle plumes
Martin Palmer (Southampton) / Thomas Gernon (Southampton) / Rex Taylor (Southampton)
Characterising the volcanic and geochemical record of continental breakup in Afar
Thomas Gernon (Southampton) / Derek Keir (Southampton) / Rex Taylor (Southampton) / C Pagli (Pisa)
Mantle-derived volatiles fuel explosivity of ocean island volcanoes
Rex Taylor (Southampton) / Thomas Gernon (Southampton) / Michael Stock (Cambridge)
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Other Universities not part of a Doctoral Training Partnership
Keele University
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LMU Munich, Germany
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Trinity College, Dublin
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https://www.tcd.ie/Geology/postgraduate/research/
Composition-frequency-magnitude relations at Campi Flegrei (Naples, Italy) Emma Tomlinson (Trinity) The spinel facies of the cratonic lithospheric mantle Emma Tomlinson (Trinity) Ordovician Peri-Gondwanan Paleogeography and Cu-Zn-Pb-Au Mineralisation in SE Ireland Quentin Crowley (Trinity) / Sean McClenaghan (Trinity) / Brian McConnell (Geological Survey of Ireland) / Stephen Johnston (Alberta)
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University College, Dublin
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University of Hull
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University of Iceland
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University of Portsmouth
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Uppsala University, Sweden
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