PhD opportunities advertised in the School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences

https://www.open.ac.uk/science/environment-earth-ecosystems/phd-studentships/how-apply

24 PhD projects are currently listed on the School website covering a wide range of topics, reflecting the broad research interests of the school, many of which are assocaited with the CENTA 2 Doctoral Training Partnership

These include one project involving Ar-Ar dating and Noble Gas Studies:

• "After the dust has settled : the post-impact hydrothermal system at Rouchechouart impact crater" with Susanne Schwenzer as lead supervisor

There are also other geochemcial and geochronological projects not directly including the Ar lab including:

• Making the most of K-feldspar: development of in-situ K-Ca dating and isotopic fingerprinting of upper crustal processes, supervised by Clare Warren and Craig Storey (Portsmouth University)
• Enrichment of critical elements in granites: melting process or protolith? Lead supervisor Tom Argles
• From the Colorado Plateau to beyond Earth: using magmatic intrusions into sulphate-rich sediments as analogue for planetary habitable environments/. Lead supervisor Susanne Schwenzer 

Applications should be sent to STEM-EEES-Phd-Student-Recruitment@open.ac.uk by 12pm (noon) on the 21st January 2019.