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)
Developing a cost-effective and robust monitoring, measurement, and verification program for Carbon Capture and Sequestration Theme(s): Applied geoscience Primary Supervisor: Dr Sjoerd de Ridder <s.deridder@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: University of Leeds (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)
Understanding climate change in African rainfall via a new generation of high-resolution models Theme(s): Atmosphere and Climate, Atmospheric Physics, Climate, Meteorology Primary Supervisor: John Marsham Institution: School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds
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
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)
THE RISE AND FALL OF DISASTER TAXA: Ecosystem recovery following the Permo-Triassic mass extinction Theme(s): Palaeoenvironments and palaeontology Primary Supervisor: Dr Alex Dunhill <a.dunhill@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment)