[Aqualist] PhD Scholarship in Holocene Environmental Change

[Jeff Parr]

PhD Scholarship in Holocene Environmental Change
AT SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY, NORTHERN NSW

Applications are invited for the following postgraduate research  
scholarship
tenable in the School of Environmental Science and Management at  
Southern
Cross University, Lismore, NSW.

Back-barrier sediment bodies from coastal northern New South Wales:
unlocking an archive of Holocene environmental change

Holocene (0-10,000 years BP) sediments from coastal northern NSW  
preserve an
almost unexplored archive of environmental change. This project aims,
firstly, to formulate a depositional model for these sediments, and,
secondly, to procure the most complete proxy records of environmental  
change
yet recovered from an Australian coastal setting. The depositional  
model and
the proxy records will together provide insights into past sealevel and
climatic variation that will inform estimation of potential future  
changes.
The depositional model will possess predictive qualities useful in  
natural
resource management, such as acid sulphate soil distribution, flooding,  
and
wetland restoration.

The successful applicant will be based at the Lismore campus of Southern
Cross University, and will be expected to undertake field work in  
coastal
systems along the coast of northern NSW. The PhD will work within a
multidisciplinary team of researchers with expertise that includes
stratigraphy, sedimentology, geomorphology, palynology, diatom
palaeoecology, phytolith palaeoecology, and GIS.

Applicants must be an Australian citizen or resident, and should hold an
honours (2I or I) degree, or Masters degree, in sedimentary geology,
geomorphology, geoarchaeology, or a related field. Students who expect  
to
hold such a qualification by the end of 2006 are also encouraged to  
apply.

The scholarship pays a tax free stipend of $20 000 pa for 3.5 years, and
includes additional funding for project operation costs and relocation.

Further information is available from Dr Steve Abbott Phone (02)  
66203392 or
steve.abbott at scu.edu.au.

Information about the School of Environmental Science and Management  
can be
found at http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/esm/. Application forms for  
admission
to the PhD at Southern Cross University can be found via
http://www.scu.edu.au/research/grc/.

Dr Jeff Parr
Laboratory Manager
Centre for Geoarchaeology and Palaeoenvironmental Research
Research Associate
Centre for Ecotechnology
Research Associate
Centre for Acid Sulfate Soil Research
         *      Southern Cross University
     *   . *   School of Environmental  Science and Management
       *      
PO Box 157 Lismore NSW 2480 Australia
Phone:			+61-2 66203789
Fax:				+61-2 66212669
Microscope Lab:  	+61-2 66219456
Mobile:			       0407732607
Email:	 jparr at scu.edu.au
http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/esm/palaeo/ 
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