Physical Geography PhD projects for 2010

Applicants in physical geography are invited to apply to work on particular projects listed below along with staff contacts. Topics in physical geography specified by the Department may be linked to research scholarships. In human geography, applicants are also encouraged to develop specific projects within their interests. For themes where we can offer supervision, please click on the 'Human Geography' or 'Physical Geography' links on the left. Further details on topics are available by clicking on the topic title.

Further details on topics are available by clicking on the topic title

Applicants in physical geography are invited to apply to work on particular projects listed below along with staff contacts. Topics in physical geography specified by the Department may be linked to research scholarships. In human geography, applicants are also encouraged to develop specific projects within their interests. For themes where we can offer supervision, please click on the 'Human Geography' or 'Physical Geography' links on the left. Further details on topics are available by clicking on the topic title.

Further details on topics are available by clicking on the topic title

Physical Geography
Topic Supervisors
Antarctic ice streaming: exploiting flow signatures to understand processes Professor Chris Clark
Climate change signatures recorded in the 3-D shape of mountain glaciers Professor Chris Clark
Climate-related feedbacks in cryoconite ecosystems upon an Arctic ice cap Dr Andy Hodson and Dr Carl Bøggild
Climatic controls on mineral dust plumes emanating from Patagonia Dr Robert Bryant and Professor Grant Bigg
Dynamic modelling of land-degradation processes Professor Tony Parsons and Professor John Wainwright
Dynamics of Strombolian volcanism Dr Andrew McGonigle
Evaluating climate change and air-sea interaction in Macronesia Dr Edward Hanna and Professor Grant Bigg
Evaluating daily pressure variability and storminess climate in global climate model simulations Dr Edward Hanna, Professor Grant Bigg and Dr Julie Jones
How has Greenland Ice Sheet mass balance changed during 1892-2008 and how can we use this information to interpret recent (1990s/2000s) aircraft/satellite ranging data of the ice-sheet surface? Dr Edward Hanna and Professor Chris Clark
Long-term landscape evolution in the North Atlantic region: testing the ICE (isostacy-climate-erosion) hypothesis using in situ and detrital thermochronometry Dr Darrel Swift, Dr Cristina Persano (University of Glasgow) and Dr Finlay Stuart (Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre)
Luminescence of sediments in present and past glacial systems Dr Darrel Swift and Dr Mark Bateman
Mars polar processes and landforms Dr Felix Ng
Origin and significance of englacial thrusting in temperate ice masses Dr Darrel Swift, Dr David Graham (Loughborough University) and Dr Simon Cook (University of Aberystwyth)
Parameterizing soil-erosion models using laboratory experiments Professor John Wainwright and Professor Tony Parsons
Putting the pulse on air-sea-climate interactions in the northern North Atlantic Dr Edward Hanna
The impact of environmental change on Atlantic cod Professor Grant Bigg and Dr John Pinnegar (CEFAS)
The influence of the Pacific-South American teleconnection pattern on Antarctic Peninsula climate Dr Julie Jones

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Interdisciplinary Research Projects
Topic Supervisors
Climate change and the future of conflict in Central Africa Professor Grant Bigg, Dr Juergen Zimmerer (History)
Human and physical feedbacks of biomass burning in southern Africa Professor Grant Bigg, Dr Chasca Twyman and Dr Rob Bryant
Impacts of socio-economic change on land degradation in the American southwest Professor John Wainwright, Dr Christina Prell and Professor Tony Parsons

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Human Geography

We do not identify specific project topics within human geography - applicants are encouraged develop projects within their interests.

For themes where we can offer supervision, please click on the Human Geography link on the left.

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Staff contacts