Earth & Ocean Sciences - Research

Course Overview

Clusters

• Biogeoscience Group

Studies of the Irish sea floor and marine—groundwater interactions.



• Geofluids Group

Investigations into the role of fluids in the mineralogical, chemical, and structural evolution of the Earth's crust.



• Magmatic Studies Group

Investigations into the petrogenesis of magmatic and related rocks.



• Oceanography Group

Studying physical, chemical and biological interactions in the oceans.

Important: Applicants must speak to the research group leader before applying.



Group leader links: www.nuigalway.ie/eos/staff/academic_staff/academic_staff.html

www.nuigalway.ie/eos/research/magmatic/magmatic.html

Important: applicants must speak to the research group leader before applying.

Applications to most postgraduate programmes at University of Galway are made online via www.universityofgalway.ie/apply (see "Application Weblink").



Important: applicants must speak to the research group leader before applying.

1MS1: MSc (full-time)

1MS2: MSc (part-time)

Research Areas


Palaeontology and Evolution

Carbonate Sedimentology

Metals in Groundwater

Coastal Karstic Aquifers

Integrated catchment management

Sedimentary Provenance (new techniques and applications)

"Source to Sink" modelling of sedimentary basins

Evolution of modern and ancient large-scale drainage systems

Climate records in sedimentary archives

Ocean acidification

Carbon cycling in coastal waters

Trace element cycling in coastal waters

Physical habitat mapping

Caledonian/Variscan geology

Marine geophysics

Land-based geophysics

Hydrogeology

Physical oceanography

Chemical oceanography