2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2 From: James White <james.white@xxxxxxxxxxx>'' Surtsey is the type example of a volcanic island built by explosive eruption critically mediated by water, and is a touchstone for analysis of explosive magma-water interaction in general. Cores extracted in 2015 by the ICDP project SUSTAIN are available for study. This project will focus on an inclined core that extends beneath Surtsey's first and main vent, intersecting its center > 100 m below the pre-eruption seafloor. The core demonstrates unambiguously that there is a diatreme beneath the Surtsey tuff cone. We will analyse components in the inclined core and 3 related vertical cores (one from 1979), plus ash collected during the eruption and from surface deposits on Surtsey, to understand how the diatreme structure was excavated, and what was its role in the observed eruption styles of Surtsey. Otago's PhD scholarships provide a NZ$27,000 stipend and all tuition fees for a term of three years. The University of Otago is ranked in the top 1% of universities in the world, and has the highest-possible rating of 5 Stars Plus in the QS global university performance ratings. Otago Geology is in the top rank among NZ universities (in the top 100 for Earth and Marine Science globally), and also the top ranked department in the Science Division at Otago in NZ's 2019 research-performance exercise. The student will be joining a vibrant community of graduate students in Dunedin, a small city between the mountains, the harbour and the sea. Ride the best waves in the world, take on mighty mountain biking tracks, paddle-board, kayak or sail on the harbour, or head to Central Otago for a weekend on New Zealandâ??s top ski fields. Full details on the Otago application process are available at: http://www.otago.ac.nz/study/scholarships/database/otago014687.html <https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.otago.ac.nz%2Fstudy%2Fscholarships%2Fdatabase%2Fotago014687.html&data=02%7C01%7Cjames.white%40otago.ac.nz%7C7ad29f913fb24aea418308d74198030f%7C0225efc578fe4928b1579ef24809e9ba%7C1%7C0%7C637049993507404406&sdata=uNIWqi7oK2mO8B%2BGSJnO2gSRBvoSzxR4eeWR0O%2FqZ9E%3D&reserved=0> The student will be based in the Otago Department of Geology. Send inquiries to james.white@xxxxxxxxxxx, who will also be attending AGU in San Francisco 9-13th December. 2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2 ============================================================== Volcano Listserv is a collaborative venture among Arizona State University (ASU), Portland State University (PSU), the Global Volcanism Program (GVP) of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, and the International Association for Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI). ASU - http://www.asu.edu/ PSU - http://pdx.edu/ GVP - http://www.volcano.si.edu/ IAVCEI - https://www.iavceivolcano.org/ To unsubscribe from the volcano list, send the message: signoff volcano to: listserv@xxxxxxx, or write to: volcano-request@xxxxxxx. To contribute to the volcano list, send your message to: volcano@xxxxxxx. Please do not send attachments. ============================================================== ------------------------------
