[Aqualist] PhD Scholarship in coastal Quaternary environments, Southern Cross University

[Steve Abbott]

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

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.

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.


Dr. Stephen (Steve) T. Abbott
Lecturer in Earth Science
School of Environmental Science and Management
Southern Cross University
PO Box 157, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia
Telephone: [61-2]66203392
Fax: [61-2]66212669
Internet:http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/esm/