From waste to compostable packaging: Addressing the environmental end-of-life impact of modified cellulosic films using biogeochemical analysis. Theme(s): Aquatic/terrestrial/soil biogeochemistry Primary Supervisor: Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso <y.benitez-alfonso@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: University of Leeds (School of Biology)
Volcanic emissions of environmentally-reactive trace elements Theme(s): Tectonics, volcanology and solid Earth geophysics Primary Supervisor: Dr Evgenia Ilyinskaya <e.ilyinskaya@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: Institute of Geophysics and Tectonics (School of Earth and Envrionment, University of Leeds)
Boron uptake in oceanic gabbros; a key tracer of subduction processes Theme(s): Chemistry of the Earth, Tectonics, volcanology and solid Earth geophysics Primary Supervisor: Dr Andrew McCaig <a.m.mccaig@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment)
Mountains, volcanoes or plants? Why did climate cool during the Cenozoic Era? Theme(s): Chemistry of the Earth Primary Supervisor: Dr Benjamin Mills <B.Mills@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment)
What does the recent volcanic activity at La Palma, Canary Islands tell us about the composition of the mantle source of lavas? Theme(s): Chemistry of the Earth, Tectonics, volcanology and solid Earth geophysics Primary Supervisor: Dr Jason Harvey <feejh@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment)
Sustainable CO2 storage: Assessing permeability and stability dynamics through experiments and simulations Theme(s): Applied geoscience, Sedimentology, geomorphology and basin analysis, Tectonics, volcanology and solid Earth geophysics Primary Supervisor: Prof Sandra Piazolo
Contaminant behaviour during seawater attack on legacy coastal wastes Theme(s): Applied geoscience, Earth Processes Primary Supervisor: Ian Burke <i.t.burke@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment)
Fast ascending basalts as eruption triggers of andesitic arc volcanoes- insights from Colima (Mexico) and Shiveluch (Kamchatka) Theme(s): Chemistry of the Earth, Earth Processes, Tectonics, volcanology and solid Earth geophysics Primary Supervisor: Dr Ivan Savov <earis@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment)
Fluid flow in deep carbonates: Assessing the geothermal potential of carbonate rocks through field work, experiments and numerical modelling Theme(s): Applied geoscience, Earth Processes, Tectonics, volcanology and solid Earth geophysics Primary Supervisor: Prof. Quentin Fisher <Q.J.Fisher@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: IAG (School of Earth and Environment)
Earth’s Great Oxidation: Redox and nutrient controls on the transition to a permanently oxygenated atmosphere Theme(s): Earth Processes, Palaeoenvironments and palaeontology Primary Supervisor: Prof Simon Poulton