[ES_JOBS_NET] PhD position at Lund University, Sweden

[Helena Filipsson]

  I hope we get a lot of good candidates, this is a highly interesting
project and the conditions for a PhD position in Sweden are more than good.
/Helena Filipsson

Dear colleagues,

A PhD position in geophysics is available at Lund University, Sweden, to
investigate millennial-scale core dynamics using geomagnetic field
reconstructions, with a particular focus on synchronizing paleodata with
age uncertainties. Please find the detailed job announcement and
instructions of how to apply at

https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:710873/

Feel free to pass on the information to any potential candidates. The
closing date for applications is 15 April 2024.

Best wishes,
Andreas


Subject description
A doctoral student position in Geophysics is hereby announced at Lund
University (LU), Sweden. The PhD position will be part of the ERC project "
Core dynamics on millennial timescales (PALEOCORE)". In this project we
will use new models of how Earth's magnetic field has varied through time,
based on geological and archeological data, to study ancient analogues of
the present-day geomagnetic field and reveal the underlying processes
within the (hidden) liquid core of our planet. Age uncertainties of
paleo-data are one of the main challenges with this project and a
fundamental challenge for paleo-reconstructions in general. To overcome the
issue, we will use novel modelling techniques whereby the slowly varying
morphology of the geomagnetic field, which we are trying to recover, is
simultaneously used to synchronize the different datasets in time. The
methods and results from this project will not only be of benefit for our
understanding of the geomagnetic field but will also provide important
geochronological constraints that are necessary to study, for example,
leads and lags in paleoclimate.

Work duties
The PhD research will primarily focus on palaomagnetic analyses (including
lab measurements and modelling) of previously collected sediment cores from
Kerguelen and South Georgia Islands. The new data will be important for the
construction of a new generation of global geomagnetic field models,
developed in parallel. The PhD student will be part of a larger research
team here in Lund and the project will also involve extensive exchanges
with associated research teams in Oregon, USA, and Bergen, Norway.
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