Modelling the evolution of natural climate variability: from the last persistently warm period to the first glacial cycles Theme(s): Climate, Palaeoenvironments and palaeontology Primary Supervisor: Dr Daniel Hill <d.j.hill@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment)
Rotten Rocks at the Heart of Black Smoker Systems –a home for life? An Investigation of Reaction Permeability in Oceanic Gabbro Theme(s): Chemistry of the Earth, Earth Processes Primary Supervisor: Dr Andrew McCaig <a.m.mccaig@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment)
Understanding the biggest collapse of terrestrial vegetation in Earth’s history Theme(s): Chemistry of the Earth, Evolution, palaeontology and biotic change, Palaeoenvironments and palaeontology Primary Supervisor: Dr Benjamin Mills <B.Mills@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment)
Mapping the coupling properties of the subduction megathrust using seismic data Theme(s): Tectonics, volcanology and solid Earth geophysics Primary Supervisor: Dr Tim Craig <T.J.Craig@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: University of Leeds (Institute for Geophysics and Tectonics, School of Earth and Environment)
Indigenous tracers for assessing karstic flow and risks to water quality in Chalk catchments Theme(s): Applied geoscience, Hydrology Primary Supervisor: Prof. Jared West <l.j.west@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment)
Submerged peatlands – Characterisation, Vulnerability and Management Theme(s): Aquatic/terrestrial/soil biogeochemistry Primary Supervisor: Dr Natasha Barlow <n.l.m.barlow@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment)
Processes beneath the Great Wave: improved understanding of tsunami geohazards using advances in deep-sea sedimentology Theme(s): Sedimentology, geomorphology and basin analysis Primary Supervisor: Prof Jeff Peakall
Worms v sediment: the rise of burrowing and oxygen levels in the early Paleozoic Theme(s): Palaeoenvironments and palaeontology Primary Supervisor: Prof Paul Wignall <P.B.Wignall@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment)
The Bottom-Up Ocean: Do marine sediments control ocean chemistry? Theme(s): Chemistry of the Earth, Earth Processes Primary Supervisor: Prof Caroline Peacock
Oceanic crustal fabric and fracture zones: correlation with plate tectonics and sedimentary unconformities and deformation of adjacent continents Theme(s): Applied geoscience, Earth Processes, Tectonics, volcanology and solid Earth geophysics Primary Supervisor: Dr Chris Green <C.M.Green@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment)
