VOLCANO: PhD opportunity in volcanology/volcanic petrology – University of Perugia, Italy

[Chelsea Allison <cmalliso@xxxxxxx>]

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PhD opportunity in volcanology/volcanic petrology – University of Perugia, Italy

From: Diego Perugini <diego.perugini@xxxxxxxx>
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We seek two excellent and highly motivated students for the following PhD projects:

1) Development of new geochemical chronometers to determine the timing of volcanic eruptions

2) Chaotic magma mixing: a new tool to unravel the timing of volcanic eruptions


Petro-Volcanology Research Group

http://pvrg.unipg.it

Department of Physics and Geology, University of Perugia, Italy
Supervisor: Diego Perugini

The projects are focused on the study of the compositional variability triggered by magma mixing in minerals and melts in volcanic plumbing systems before/during the onset of explosive volcanic eruptions. The projects will combine fieldwork, electron microprobe and LA-ICP-MS microanalysis, chaotic mixing experiments performed with natural silicate melts, and numerical models to build new chronometers for estimating the time-scales of volcanic eruptions.

 

The PhD projects are offered as part of the European Research Council (ERC) funded Consolidator Grant 2013 project CHRONOS: a geochemical clock to measure timescales of volcanic eruptions.

The application deadline is 7 September 2015. For any queries, please contact the project supervisor as soon as possible:
Diego Perugini (diego.perugini@xxxxxxxx)

All the best,
Diego Perugini

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