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.

Areas of interest:

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

Componentes estructurales

Tesis/Disertación

Proceso de aplicación

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Prerrequisitos

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.