PhD opportunity - Lancaster University
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We seek an excellent and highly motivated student for the following PhD project –
Towards a universal model for lava emplacement
Lancaster University and the British Geological Survey
Supervisors: Mike James, Hugh Tuffen, Charlotte Vye-Brown
Our understanding of the processes behind the emplacement of silica-poor (e.g. basalt) and silica-rich (e.g. rhyolite) lavas currently differ significantly. This project will close this gap by deriving a generalized multi-scale model for lava emplacement, based on observations, micro-structural analyses and 3D computer reconstructions of flows at Cordón Caulle, Chile and Mt. Etna, Sicily. Fieldwork will be carried out at both locations to enable characterisation of flow processes over scales of mm to 100s of metres. The results will be combined with laboratory analyses to quantify degassing and crystallisation, and satellite data to provide km-scale process information. You will be using state-of-the-art analytical facilities and novel computer modelling approaches, working with international experts from the U.S., Italy and the U.K. The results of the project will have wide implications for our understanding of flow emplacement both on Earth and on other planets. For details on our preliminary study, see Tuffen, James et al. (2013), Nature Comms., 4, 2709, doi:10.1038/ncomms3709.
This project is offered as part of the NERC-funded ENVISION DTP (http://www.envision-dtp.org/), through which studentship funding (UK/EU only) will be competitively allocated. More details on ENVISION funding and eligibility are given at http://www.envision-dtp.org/portal/projects/001986/towards-a-universal-model-for-lava-emplacement. The application deadline is anticipated to be mid-February and will be advertised through the ENVISON website early next year.
For any queries, please contact the Lancaster project supervisors:
Mike James (m.james@xxxxxxxxxxx, http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/staff/jamesm/home.htm)
Hugh Tuffen (h.tuffen@xxxxxxxxxxx, http://www.es.lancs.ac.uk/people/hught/hugh.html )
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