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Applicants for the position should have a
M.Sc. in the fields of geophysics, phys-
ics, material sciences, planetary sci-
ences, or related fields, and strong inter-
est in experimental work and numerical
modeling.
How to apply:
Interested candidates should send their
application in a single pdf file, including
a CV, a short statement of their research
interests, and the name and address
of 2 referees, to Dr. Frédéric Des-
champs, preferably by e-mail (frederic.
deschamps@erdw.ethz.ch), or by mail
to the address: Institut für Geophysik,
ETH NO H9.3, Sonnegstrasse 5, CH-
8092 Zürich, Switzerland
Deadline for sending application is June
15th, 2010.
Contact information:
For more information, contact Dr.
Frédéric
Deschamps:
frederic.
deschamps@erdw.ethz.ch.
( h t t p : / / w w w . e a r t h w o r k s - j o b s .
com/geoscience/ethz10042.html)
Postgraduate Study Opportunities in
Geosciences at the University of Ab-
erdeen
MSc Integrated Petroleum Geosci-
ence
This programme has achieved an ex-
cellent reputation as one of the world’s
top vocational training pathways in this
area. You will learn the geoscience skills
needed for hydrocarbon exploration and
production, so that you are ready to
embark upon a petroleum industry ca-
reer; develop the knowledge needed to
communicate with and work alongside
specialists in the other engineering and
scientific disciplines involved in hydro-
carbon exploration and production, in
small, multi-disciplinary teams; and en-
hance your inter-personal and transfer-
able skills relevant to the hydrocarbon
industry today; to develop presentation
and report-writing skills; to encourage
team work; to stimulate creative think-
ing and problem-solving ability; and to
foster initiative and self-discipline. www.
abdn.ac.uk/ipg
MSc Oil & Gas Enterprise Manage-
ment
In studying on this programme you will
be provided with a broad training in oil
industry matters; especially those per-
taining to how relatively small oil com-
panies can work with National Oil Com-
panies and energy ministries to better
exploit their hydrocarbon resources. In
this respect the training provided in com-
mercialisation, economics and law is im-
portant, as is the understanding you will
develop of how science and technology
can be applied at the cutting edge to im-
prove hydrocarbon exploration success
and recovery.
www.abdn.ac.uk/ogem
( h t t p : / / w w w. a b d n . a c . u k / c o p s /
g r a d u a t e / e x t / e a r t h w o r k s )
PhD scholarships in Climate, Water
Resources, Ecosystems, and Energy
Faculty of Science, Department of Ge-
ography & Geology, University of Co-
penhagen
Applications are invited for full-funded
PhD scholarships within the following
subject areas:
1. Assimilation of hydraulic head obser-
vations in distributed hydrological mod-
els
2.
Stream hydrology
3. Parameterization of land surfaces us-
ing satellite remote sensing
4. Management and climate control
of the water and energy budget in the
Skjern basin
5. Temperature effects on microbial turn-
over of organic matter and release of
greenhouse gases in the soil aggregate
and plant rhizosphere
6. Impacts of sea-level changes and hu-
man activity in the coastal zone
7. Understanding the dynamics, poten-
tials and limitations in future renewable
energy production systems and climate
change interactions
8. Why can’t the reactivity of oxygenated
hydrocarbons (biofuels) be predicted?
The scholarships are offered for promot-
ing mobilization among universities and
thus applications are only accepted from
applicants holding an academic degree
from outside the University of Copenha-
gen.
More detailed information on the indi-
vidual projects and guidelines on how
to apply can be found at http://www.fiva.
dk/.
The deadline for receipt of applications
is May 25, 2010 at noon.
(http://www.earthworks-jobs.com/
geoscience/copenhagen10041.html)
PhD project: Serbo-Macedonian mas-
sif, an enigmatic terrain within the
Eastern Mediterranean Alpine orogen
Basel University
Supervisors: Dr. Alexandre Kounov (In-
stitute of Geology and Paleontology,
Basel University), Dr. Richard Spikings
(Geneva University) and Dr. Albrecht
von Quadt (ETH, Zurich).
We are inviting applications for one PhD
project (Swiss National Science Foun-
dation) at the Institute of Geology and
Paleontology, at Basel University.
This project aims to reconstruct the
geological evolution of the Serbo-Mace-
donian massif through defining its de-
formation history, relationship with the
neighbouring units and the final cooling
and exhumation. For this purpose de-
tailed structural studies and mapping
will be combined with a wide range of
geochronological methods including U/
Pb, 40Ar/39Ar and fission-track analy-
ses of basement rocks as well as clastic
sediments. These methods provide an
opportunity to investigate the thermal
evolution of the rocks in the temperature
range between 900º and ~60ºC. This
approach will allow us to determine the
protolith age of the rocks together with
their thermotectonic evolution. The low-
temperature apatite fission-track method
combined with structural investigation
will help to constrain the rates of exhu-
mation of the crystalline rocks through-
out the upper 4-5 km of the earth’s
crust. Most importantly, these methods
will help to decipher the mechanisms
responsible for the final exhumation of
the high-grade metamorphics rocks of
the Serbo-Macedonian massif. Inves-
tigations will focus on the character of
the major tectonic boundaries already
recognised within the Serbo-Macedo-