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Cadmium isotope signatures in marine sediments: Advancing the paleo-proxy

  • Date14 September 2022

Fully funded studentship

This 3.5 year fully funded studentship is part of the UKRI-supported ERC Consolidator project ‘Disentangling the role of organic feedbacks on the global carbon cycle (DISTILL),’ which aims to use inorganic isotope geochemistry to trace Earth’s ancient organic carbon cycle. You will investigate how the isotopic composition and distribution of Cd in modern marine sediments changes during burial.

Full details here including application process and dates -  downloadable PDF

For an informal discussion about the project, please contact alex.dickson@rhul.ac.uk

 

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