Earth & Ocean Sciences - Structured

Short summary of the research area.

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 via CRM Recruit.



Group leader links:

www.nuigalway.ie/eos/staff/academic_staff/academic_staff.html

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

To be eligible to enter on a programme of study and research for the degree of PhD you must have reached a high honours standard at the examination for the primary degree or presented such evidence as will satisfy the Head of School and the College of your fitness.

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

Structured PhD, full-time

Research Areas


Physical habitat mapping

Caledonian/Variscan geology

Other geological topics

Marine geophysics

Land-based geophysics

Hydrogeology

Physical oceanography

Chemical oceanography

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