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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Hi all,</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Two PhD opportunities (starting late September 2021) are available in the Geodynamics Group of Prof. J. Huw Davies at the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Cardiff University,
Wales. These 2 studentships are linked to the NERC Large Grant led by Cardiff, on "Mantle Circulation Constrained, (MC2): A multidisciplinary 4D Earth framework for understanding mantle upwellings".</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">The 2 projects are:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Understanding noble gases in the context of mantle dynamics </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">with Huw Davies, Don Porcelli (Univ. Oxford), Morten Andersen (Cardiff Univ.)
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Utilising mantle seismic structure to constrain mantle circulation and upwellings, Huw Davies, James Wookey (Univ. Bristol), Robert Myhill (Univ. Bristol).</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Project details can be found here:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">1) <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/kyIaC91WPRTK60m2FonrKn?domain=findaphd.com" class="">https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/?p125371</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">2) <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/IC27CgZ0N1iWj3lGu2K9Mx?domain=findaphd.com" class="">https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/?p125370</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Application deadline for both above projects is 1<sup class="">st</sup> February, 2021.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">There is a further PhD opening in the Geodynamics Group, this time in competition with other PhD projects of the NERC GW4+ Doctoral Training Programme. This project is "</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: white;" class="">Constraining
relationship between mantle convection and supercontinent cycles", with Huw Davies, James Wookey (Univ. Bristol). The deadline for application to this competition is 8 January, 2021.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> Further details can be found
at <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: white;" class=""> </span><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/WVwSCk81N9t0REn5HJgUyg?domain=eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com" class="">http://www.findaphd.com?pj=124425</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Cheers,</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Huw</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">[Apologies for cross-posting]</span></p>
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