<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Stephen Grimes</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stephen.grimes@plymouth.ac.uk">stephen.grimes@plymouth.ac.uk</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 9:27 AM<br><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please can you bring this fully funded PhD studentship to the attention of any students you may know who may be interested and who have graduated this year.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cheers Steve</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial-BoldMT","sans-serif";color:black">Investigating the occurrence and impact of Early Eocene</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial-BoldMT","sans-serif";color:black">hyperthermal events</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial-BoldMT","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial-ItalicMT","sans-serif";color:black">Director of Studies:
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial-ItalicMT","sans-serif";color:blue">Dr Stephen Grimes</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial-ItalicMT","sans-serif";color:black">Other Supervisors: Prof. Gregory Price, Dr Christopher Smart, Dr Meriel FitzPatrick.</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial-ItalicMT","sans-serif";color:black">Internal and External collaborators: Dr Paul Sutton (PEGG), Dr Hayley Manners (PEGG),</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial-ItalicMT","sans-serif";color:black">Prof. Malcolm Hart (CRES, Emeritus Professor), Prof. Melanie Leng (BGS, Nottingham,</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial-ItalicMT","sans-serif";color:black">Centra DTP), Prof. Richard Pancost (Bristol, GW4+ DTP) and Dr Kate Littler (CSM Exeter,</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial-ItalicMT","sans-serif";color:black">GW4+ DTP)</span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial-BoldItalicMT","sans-serif";color:black">Applications are invited for a three-year PhD studentship. The studentship is</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial-BoldItalicMT","sans-serif";color:black">expected to commence on the 1</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial-BoldItalicMT","sans-serif";color:black">st
</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial-BoldItalicMT","sans-serif";color:black">October 2015 or 1</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial-BoldItalicMT","sans-serif";color:black">st
</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial-BoldItalicMT","sans-serif";color:black">January 2016.</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial-BoldItalicMT","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">Project Description</span></b><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">: The Early Eocene is a time of significant and rapid
climate change, including</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">events referred to as thermal maximums, which occurred during the lead up to the Early Eocene</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">Thermal Maximum (Zachos et al. 2008). The most prominent of these thermal events is the Eocene</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">Thermal Maximum 1 (ETM1) event, which is also known as the Paleocene Eocene Thermal</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">Maximum (PETM). This proposed studentship will look at two relatively small (when compared to</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">ETM1), but significant events, that of ETM2 (also known as ELMO) and ETM3 (also known as the</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">X-event), which have not been investigated in as much detail as ETM1 (Stap et al. 2010). The</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">student will build upon an extensive pilot study which has identified a new location in the UK, and</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">possibly Spain, where these two thermal events are likely to be recorded in relatively expanded</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">sections. Using a combination of facies analysis, stable isotope geochemistry (including carbonate</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">and bulk organic matter, plus individually picked wood material), dinoflagellate cyst biostratigraphy</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">and a published magneto-stratigraphy for the new field based locations; the student will first confirm</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">the existence of ETM2 and possibly that of ETM3. Once this has been achieved the student will</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">investigate the impact of one, or both, of these events using organic geochemical techniques</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">(TEX86, MBT/CBT, BIT index and possibly Delta D) to record the marine and terrestrial temperature</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">changes associated with both events and to ascertain if there is evidence for a change to the local</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">hydrological regime occurring at the same time and whether this impacted upon the local</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">foraminiferal assemblage. The student will also ascertain if there is any evidence for an underlying</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">cyclostratigraphical signal associated with both of these events which could be used to develop age</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">models for the events in collaboration with an external collaborator (Dr Kate Littler).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">Use of CRES/University Equipment: In addition to FZB117, which will be used to disaggregate</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">samples and pick wood / foraminifera, the following university instruments will be used. 1) The</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">isotope ratio mass spectrometer (for analysis of foraminifera and individually picked wood samples).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">2) Palynological microscopes in FZB116. 3) The new LC/MS instrument will be used for TEX86 and</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">MBT/CBT, plus BIT Index, in collaboration with Dr Paul Sutton and Dr Hayley Manners.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">External facilities that will be used, via facility applications with external collaborators (Prof.’s</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">Pancost and Leng) include the Life Sciences Mass Spectrometry Facility (LSMSF) at Bristol (for</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">GC-IRMS analyses related to Delta D analysis) and the carbon isotope facility at NIGL, Keyworth</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">(for bulk carbon isotope analysis of very low TOC samples). Palynological preparation will be done</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">at either BGS Keyworth or at PalyTech processing limited.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">Key Aspects of Research Training for the Student</span></b><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">: This proposal will allow
the student to be trained</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">in a range of key techniques including stable isotope geochemistry, micropalaeontology, palynology,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">biostratigraphy, organic geochemistry and palaeoclimatology. They will deliver regular reports on</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">their progress and attend University courses on research and presentation skills. They will also</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">present results from their research at national and international conferences.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">Outputs and impacts:</span></b><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black"> The output from this research will be in keeping
with the DoS’ previous</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">publication record. We will aim for a minimum of 3 publications in high impact journals like Nature</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">Geoscience, PNAS, EPSL and Geology. The results from this study will also be presented at two</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">international conferences, AGU and EGU, and also at one national conference, BSRG.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial-BoldMT","sans-serif";color:black">References:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">Stap, L., Lourens, L. J., Thomas, E., Sluijs, A., Bohaty, S., and Zachos, J. C. 2010. High-resolution deep-sea</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">carbon and oxygen isotope records of Eocene Thermal Maximum 2 and H2.
</span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial-ItalicMT","sans-serif";color:black">Geology, 38</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">(7), 607-610.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">Zachos, J.C., Dickens, G.R., Zeebe, R.E., 2008. An early Cenozoic perspective on greenhouse warming and</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">carbon-cycle dynamics. Nature 451, 279-283.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial-BoldMT","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial-BoldMT","sans-serif";color:black">Eligibility</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">Applicants should have (at least) a first or upper second class honours degree in Earth Sciences (or</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">a related subject) or equivalent qualification. Desirable requirements: an MSc or MRes. The</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">studentship is supported for 3 years and includes full Home/EU tuition fees plus a stipend of</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">£14,057 per annum. The studentship will only fully fund those applicants who are eligible for</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">Home/EU fees with relevant qualifications. Applicants normally required to cover overseas fees will</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">have to cover the difference between the Home/EU and the overseas tuition fee rates</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">(approximately £10,800 per annum).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">If you wish to discuss this project further informally, please contact the director of studies (Dr</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">Stephen Grimes, email:
</span><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:blue"><a href="mailto:stephen.grimes@plymouth.ac.uk" target="_blank">stephen.grimes@plymouth.ac.uk</a></span><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">). However, applications must be made in</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">accordance with the details shown below.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">You can apply via the online application form which can be found at:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:blue"><a href="https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/postgraduate" target="_blank">https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/postgraduate</a>
</span><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">and click ‘Apply’.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">Please mark it FAO Sharon Healy and clearly state that you are applying for a PhD studentship</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">within the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences and clearly state which project</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">you are applying for.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:blue">General information about applying for a research degree at Plymouth University</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">For more information on the admissions process contact Sharon Healy</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">(<a href="mailto:sharon.healy@plymouth.ac.uk" target="_blank">sharon.healy@plymouth.ac.uk</a>).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">The closing date for applications is 17:00 on 15</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">th
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">September 2015.</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif";color:black">
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