A fully funded PhD position at the Department of Physics and Physical
Oceanography, Memorial University of Newfoundland, is available:
(Colleagues are asked to bring this to the attention of competent
students who might be interested in this project.)
3D coupled subglacial sediment/basal hydrology and ice sheet modelling.
This PhD project will examine the impact of fully coupled subglacial
hydrology, sediment production/transport/deposition, and basal drag
physics on both long-term ice-sheet evolution and high-frequency ice sheet
dynamics. It will build on recently completed work on erosion and sediment
transport model development and associated uncertainty analysis
(http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.02.017). The project will
dove-tail with other group projects calibrating Antarctica and Greenland
ice sheet evolution and examining high frequency ice and climate
interactions.
Associated sub-projects include:
1) Inversion of the present-day distribution of glacially transported
sediments over North America to infer the history of sediment
production and transport. This will also examine the extent to which
present-day sediment distribution can be used to further constrain
past glacial evolution.
2) Testing of the regolith hypothesis for the origin of the
mid-Pleistocene transition.
Applications are invited from candidates with an interest in
glaciology, numerical modelling, continuum mechanics, and/or Earth
systems science. Applicants must have their BSc and/or Masters degree
in physics, geophysics, applied mathematics, or closely related
areas. Applicants must also be interested in working in a
collaborative environment in computationally intensive projects.
Required skills:
-Some experience in using FORTRAN or C, and analysis packages such as
OCTAVE/MATLAB
-Knowledge of general physics (even better with understanding of
fluid dynamics and/or continuum mechanics and/or icesheet physics)
-Fluency in relevant maths (linear/matrix algebra and differential
equations)
The group has a dedicated 540 core cluster (to be doubled, summer 2015) and
access to further computational resources through ACEnet.
Associated benefit: the spectacular natural environment of
Newfoundland, Canada
Details of graduate studies in Physics and Physical Oceanography at
Memorial University can be found at
http://www.mun.ca/physics/graduate_students/
Interested students should contact:
Lev Tarasov
Canada Research Chair in Glacial Dynamics Modelling
Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's, NL A1B 3X7
lev@mun.ca
http://www.physics.mun.ca/~lev/
include the following:
1. A cover letter including their name, academic status and contact
details, as well as the names and contact details of two or their
faculty advisers from whom confidential letters may be sought.
2. A statement of interest including long-term academic plans, research
interests,...
3. A short resume/CV, including a list of courses taken, and grades.
4. A self evaluation of strong and weak research skills, along with
likes and dislikes associated with research and modelling.
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