FW: Research studentship opportunities

[HARLE, Katherine]

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From: Dan Charman [mailto:D.Charman at PLYMOUTH.AC.UK] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 1:32 AM
To: QUATERNARY at morgan.ucs.mun.ca
Subject: Research studentship opportunities


Please circulate (apologies for cross-posting):

University of Plymouth, UK
Department of Geography

Quaternary Environments Research Group
Research Studentships 2003

Applications are welcome for the following PhD studentship topics, to be funded by University of Plymouth, NERC and/or Leverhulme Trust.

1.      Development of chironomid-based quantitative temperature reconstruction from Late Pleistocene sequences in New Zealand, Dr Rewi Newnham  (rnewnham at plymouth.ac.uk  Tel: +44 1752 233078)
2.      Late Quaternary fire histories in the East Mediterranean region, Prof. Neil Roberts (cnroberts at plymouth.ac.uk, Tel: +44 1752 233065)
3.      The response of peatlands to climate change during the past two hundred years using high resolution testate amoebae analysis, Dr Dan Charman (dcharman at plymouth.ac.uk, Tel: +44 1752-233058)
4.      Development of a European transfer function for quantitative palaeohydrological reconstruction from peatland testate amoebae, Dr Dan Charman (dcharman at plymouth.ac.uk, Tel: +44 1752-233058)
5.      Late Holocene sea-level changes in Denmark, Dr Roland Gehrels and Dr Dan Charman (contact: dcharman at plymouth.ac.uk, Tel: +44 1752-233058)
6.      The impact of sea-level rise on coastal transport infrastructure, Dr  Paul Russell and Dr Roland Gehrels (contact prussell at plymouth.ac.uk)
7.      Multiple geohazard risk assessment, Dr  Jim Griffiths, Dr Anne Mather and  Dr  Martin Stokes (contact j1griffiths at plymouth.ac.uk, Tel +44 1752 23101)

Initial enquiries/applications should be made to the Department or the named contact by March 10, 2003. Department of Geography, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA, UK. Tel: +44 1752 233053, Fax: +44 1752 233054.

Further details of the Quaternary Environments Research Group can be found on http://www.geog.plym.ac.uk/research/quatern/quat.htm. Further details of individual projects can be obtained from named contacts.


Dr Dan Charman
Dept Geographical Sciences
School of Geography and Geology
University of Plymouth
Plymouth
Devon,
PL4 8AA,
United Kingdom

Tel: +44 1752 233058
Fax: +44 1752 233054
Email: dcharman at plymouth.ac.uk