A PhD studentship in physical geography is available in the Cold and Palaeoenvironments Research Group at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Title: Environmental records of past anthropogenic activities in Southeast Europe. This project will develop a combination of peat bog and speleothem records with the aim to address the following objectives: 1. Establish a representative regional network of sedimentary records that would allow assessing at high resolution and through a multi-proxy (Pb, O, C isotopes, and elements that are normally associated with mining and smelting, e.g. Cu, Zn, Au, Ag, etc) approach at the Holocene scale the imprint of past anthropogenic activities. 2. Provide long and detailed chemical and isotopic stratigraphies of elements related to such millennia-long anthropogenic activities. 3. Assess the extent to which the postulated archaeological assumptions and temporal and spatial reconstructions of metal mining proposed by this field of research are comparable. 4. Provide clear constraints on the interplay between anthropogenic activities, natural climate change and their reflection in peatbog and speleothem data. For further details and how to apply please visit: findaphd/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=53586 Enquiries regarding this studentship should be made to Vasile Ersek: [email protected] The deadline for applications is 7th April 2014, and the start date is October 1st 2014. The studentships includes a full stipend, paid for three years at RCUK rates (in 2014/15 this is £13,863 pa) and Home/EU fees. Overseas candidates are also eligible to apply. Please pass this message on to students who you know are seeking PhD opportunities. Members of the Cold and Palaeoenvironments Research Group (northumbria.ac.uk/sd/academic/ee/work/research/geography/cold_environments/) use a diverse approach to address key issues in earth systems science. They include: Ben Brock, Reader (Remote Sensing of Snow and Ice) [email protected] Stuart Dunning, Senior Lecturer (Mountains and Landslides) [email protected] Vasile Ersek, Senior Lecturer (Palaeoclimate and Palaeoenvironment) [email protected] Emma Hocking, Lecturer (Palaeoenvironment and Sea Level Change) Paul Mann, Anniversary Research Fellow (Fluvial and Permafrost Processes) [email protected] Nick Rutter, Senior Lecturer (Snow Hydrology) [email protected] Ulrich Salzmann, Reader (Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology and Biogeography) [email protected] Leanne Wake, Anniversary Research Fellow (Sea Level Change) [email protected] John Woodward (Glaciers and Cryospheric Processes) [email protected]
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