| Qualifications |
Duration |
Start dates |
Application period |
PhD
(MPhil also available) |
Full-time: 3–4 years
Part-time: 6–8 years |
February and October |
January to April |
Qualifications
PhD (MPhil also available) |
Duration
Full-time: 3–4 years
Part-time: 6–8 years |
Start dates
February and October |
Application period
January to April |
Geochemistry is a key theme in the Dynamic Earth Research and Palaeoenvironmental Change Groups and has been a major focus of the research carried out at 快猫视频 for nearly 40 years.
Academics and researchers from Earth Sciences use cutting-edge geochemical techniques, such as laser ablation (LA) inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and solution ICP-MS, to study a very diverse range of problems in the Earth and Environmental Sciences. Our research interests include ore formation and the evolution of the Earth’s mantle and crust, palaeoceanography, water-related alteration processes, palaeoenvironmental change, impact cratering and the early Earth, climate science, magmatism and metamorphism related to mountain building.
Entry requirements
Minimum 2:1 undergraduate degree (or equivalent). If you are not a UK citizen, you may need to prove your .
Potential research projects
We encourage enquiries from prospective students on any geochemical or geochronological aspect of Earth evolution and ore formation.
Current/recent research projects
- Using mineral systems to track arc magmas to ores
- Te and Se cycling and supply
- Using geochemical tracers to study the South Asian Monsoon
- Hydrous and hydrothermal evolution of impact craters
- Reconstructing ocean circulation during past warm climates
- Using noble gases and Ar/Ar geochronology to track volcanic and crustal processes
Potential supervisors
- – metamorphic evolution, crustal melting, economic geology
- – ocean biogeochemical proxies and palaeoceanography
- – igneous geochemistry, economic geology
- – organic geochemistry, temperature and atmospheric CO2 proxy application
- – water-related alteration processes, impact-cratering and Early Earth processes.
- – climatic change during the Eocene and mid-Cretaceous ‘greenhouse’ regimes, and the relationships between ocean circulation, ocean carbonate chemistry, and atmospheric CO2
- – 40Ar/39Ar geochronology
- Professor Clare Warren – metamorphic evolution, U-Pb and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology, petrochronology, geodynamic evolution.
Fees and funding
| UK fee |
International fee |
| Full-time: 拢4,786 per year |
Full-time: 拢15,698 per year |
| Part-time: 拢2,393 per year |
Part-time: 拢7,849 per year |
Some of our research students are funded via the Central England NERC Training Alliance; others are self-funded.
For detailed information about fees and funding, visit Fees and studentships.
To see current funded studentship vacancies across all research areas, see .
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