From vent to exposed communities: understanding the spread and impacts of toxic metal pollution from large volcanic eruptions. CASE studentship Theme(s): Air Quality Primary Supervisor: Dr Evgenia Ilyinskaya <e.ilyinskaya@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: Institute of Geophysics and Tectonics (School of Earth and Envrionment, University of Leeds)
Simulating groundwater flow and contaminant migration in heterogeneous alluvial sediments Theme(s): Applied geoscience, Hydrology Primary Supervisor: Dr Jared West <l.j.west@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, Tectonics, volcanology and solid Earth geophysics Primary Supervisor: Prof Sandra Piazolo
Understanding geo-hazards associated with catastrophic deep-sea debris flows: a new approach using sole structures Theme(s): Sedimentology, geomorphology and basin analysis Primary Supervisor: Prof Jeff Peakall
Assessing the rock record of hazardous pulsatory pyroclastic density currents Theme(s): Tectonics, volcanology and solid Earth geophysics Primary Supervisor: Dr Rebecca Williams <rebecca.williams@hull.ac.uk> Institution: University of Hull (Department of Geography, Geology & Environment)
Nowcasting of river stage and velocity using LIDAR sensors: technological innovation to support responses to flood events Theme(s): Hydrology, Sedimentology, geomorphology and basin analysis Primary Supervisor: Dr Gareth Keevil <g.m.keevil@leeds.ac.uk>
Elastic properties of heterogeneities in Earth’s mantle Theme(s): Tectonics, volcanology and solid Earth geophysics Primary Supervisor: Dr Sebastian Rost Institution: School of Earth and Environment
What were the trophic consequences of the extinction of the largest apex predator of all time? Theme(s): Palaeoenvironments and palaeontology Primary Supervisor: Dr Alex Dunhill <a.dunhill@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment)
What do pallasite meteorites tell us about core formation and the evolution of Earth’s mantle? Theme(s): Chemistry of the Earth, Earth Processes, Tectonics, volcanology and solid Earth geophysics Primary Supervisor: Dr Jason Harvey <feejh@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment)
Using seismic waves to investigate tectonic plates as they sink into the deep Earth Theme(s): Tectonics, volcanology and solid Earth geophysics Primary Supervisor: Dr Andy Nowacki <a.nowacki@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: Institute of Geophysics and Tectonics; Institute of Applied Geoscience (School of Earth and Environment)