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
Developing sensor networks to inform environmental flow allocations in regulated rivers Theme(s): Applied ecology, ecosystem services and conservation, Ecosystem processes, dynamics and functioning, Hydrology Primary Supervisor: Dr Megan Klaar <m.j.klaar@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: University of Leeds (School of Geography)
Holistic assessment of the impacts of an enhanced stratospheric aerosol layer Theme(s): Atmosphere and Climate, Atmospheric Physics, Chemistry of the Earth, Climate Primary Supervisor: Dr Graham Mann
Seeing the Northern Lights at the equator? Predicting the next reversal of Earth’s magnetic field. Theme(s): Geomagnetism, Tectonics, volcanology and solid Earth geophysics Primary Supervisor: Dr Phil Livermore <p.w.livermore@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment)
When the levee breaks: crevasse-splay evolution, geomorphology and sedimentary record Theme(s): Applied geoscience, Earth Processes, Sedimentology, geomorphology and basin analysis Primary Supervisor: Dr Luca Colombera
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)
The Spin Deep Within: Physics of Ferropericlase in the Earth’s Lower Mantle Theme(s): Chemistry of the Earth, Earth Processes, Tectonics, volcanology and solid Earth geophysics Primary Supervisor: Stephen Stackhouse <s.stackhouse@leeds.ac.uk> Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment)