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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The Geology Department at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Western Washington University</b>, in Bellingham Washington, is soliciting applications for multiple opportunities for funded Masters Degree
graduate research positions. These opportunities span diverse disciplines including <b>stable isotope geochemistry, Quaternary paleoclimates, geophysical imaging of plate boundaries, and fault mechanics</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The Geology Department at Western has a diverse and welcoming faculty with opportunities for doing world class geoscience research, field work and for gaining teaching experience. WWU has a long track record of
preparing graduate students to be competitive for jobs with federal and state agencies in geoscience, private sector careers, as well as going on to PhD programs. Further information on our program can be found here: <a href="https://geology.wwu.edu/prospective-graduate-students">https://geology.wwu.edu/prospective-graduate-students</a>. Applications
are due January 15, 2021 to start Fall 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Several specific projects and associated contacts are listed below - please get in touch for more details. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Marine Geophysics - Transpressional tectonics of Southeast Alaska, subduction zone megathrust behavior, and fault zone structure at Oceanic Transform Faults. </span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Dr. Emily Roland has several RAs to focus on NSF-funded research on a diverse set of solid-earth geophysics problems, broadly related to faulting and fault mechanics. Opportunities associated with these projects
exist for sea-going field work, including collecting and processing marine seismic data and remotely-sensed seafloor data from AUVs. For more information Contact: <a href="mailto:emily.roland@wwu.edu">emily.roland@wwu.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">And see Opportunities: <a href="https://wp.wwu.edu/rolandlab/">https://wp.wwu.edu/rolandlab/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Quaternary Paleoclimate – Late-Pleistocene and Holocene Climate Change in the Snowy Mountains, Kosciuszko National Park, Australia </span></b><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Dr. Doug Clark has an NSF-funded RA position to collect and analyze a suite of high-resolution lake sediment cores from tarns in the highest parts of the Snowy Mountains. Students working on this project will
collaborate with international colleagues from Australia and New Zealand, help collect lake sediment cores in the Snowy Mountains (helicopter supported), sample moraines for exposure dating, and visit LacCore at U. Minnesota for core analyses. For details,
contact <a href="mailto:doug.clark@wwu.edu">doug.clark@wwu.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Geochemistry and Paleoclimate – Megafloods, landscape evolution, biomarkers, stable isotopes, Pacific Northwest paleoclimate.</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Study how Pleistocene Megafloods and the retreat of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet altered the landscape surrounding the Columbia River and interacted with the global climate system. Masters’ students working on this
project will conduct stable isotope analyses on biomarkers from marine sediment cores off the continental margin of Oregon and Washington. Potential opportunities for participation in research cruises and collaboration with scientists at Oregon State University
exist. For details contact Dr. Camilo Ponton<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:#002060">(</span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:pontonc@wwu.edu">pontonc@wwu.edu</a></span><span style="color:#002060">).</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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