[Aqualist] PhD opportunity - paleoprecip records from pedogenic carbonate

[Tim Barrows]

From: Peter Almond <Almondp at lincoln.ac.nz>

Lincoln University
New Zealand
PhD student
Soil and Physical Sciences Group
Agriculture and Life Sciences Division
Last Glacial and Holocene Paleoprecipitation Records from Pedogenic Carbonate

Applications are invited from suitably qualified 
applicants to conduct PhD research within the 
Soil and Physical Sciences Group at Lincoln 
University.  The Group is part of The Agriculture 
and Life Sciences Division, the largest Academic 
Division within Lincoln University.

The successful candidate will complete a PhD 
program into deriving well dated quantitative 
paleoprecipitation records from the isotopic 
geochemistry of pedogenic carbonate in deep loess 
deposits.  Transfer functions (relating 
paleoprecipitation to the ä13C of pedogenic 
carbonate) will be derived using two approaches; 
a modern analogue approach and by instrumenting 
and sampling laboratory lysimeters to derive 
relationships between ä13C, soil temperature and 
moisture.  Age control for the carbonate records 
will be provided by radiocarbon dating.  Sampling 
will occur across a latitudinal gradient from 
south Canterbury to Hawkes Bay, east coast of New 
Zealand.  The project is part of a larger body of 
work investigating drivers of southern hemisphere glaciation.

The project will be carried out at Lincoln 
University. Funding is available to cover 
operating costs; the candidate will need to cover 
fees.  From 2006, international PhD students pay 
fees at the domestic rate. Details of 
scholarships are available from 
http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/scholar or by contacting 
Jane Edwards (edwardj1 at lincoln.ac.nz ).
Preference will be given to applicants with an 
undergraduate or masters degree in earth or 
environmental sciences, with experience in soil 
science, geology, geomorphology, geochemistry or physical geography.

For further details, contact Dr. Peter Almond 
(almondp at lincoln.ac.nz ) or Dr. Carol Smith (smithc2 at lincoln.ac.nz ).
Peter Almond
Senior Lecturer
Soil and Physical Sciences Group
Division of Soil, Plant and Ecological Sciences
PO Box 84
Lincoln University
Canterbury
New Zealand
ph 64 3 3252 811
fax 64 3 3253 607