Geoenvironment – (Ph.D.)

Cardiff welcomes applications from students interested in researching for a PhD in the specialist areas below. The school provides training and a high level of support, and the postgraduate community contributes vitally to the University's international reputation for research.
The following research areas are of particular strength:

* Ice driven mechanical weathering
* Application of high resolution geophysics to geoenvironmental monitoring and near-surface geological investigations
* Hydrogeology,including environmental impact assessment, littoral vulnerability assessment, environmental risk assessment, environmental auditing and the toxicity of atmospheric, soil and groundwater contaminants
* Landslide mechanisms and triggering remediation strategies.
* Integration of environmental process studies with environmental impact assessment and management policy research in estuary,
coastal and offshore zones relating to ports, shipping fisheries, offshore hydrocarbons, marine aggregates, coastal/marine recreation, conservation and education
* Biological mediation of coastal ecosystem functions, including sediment dynamics, microalgal primary production and photophysiology, coastal biodiversity and stromatolite cyanobacterial photophysiology