BGS Vacancies

Fully funded PhD position: Development and application of geophysical tools for imaging geotechnical property changes during development of near surface shear zones

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT

This project will develop new approaches to monitoring slope failure using integrated geotechnical-geophysical sensor technologies. The project will establish methodologies for analysing the spatial and temporal coherence of time series geotechnical data from distributed sensor networks and time-lapse volumetric images gathered using high resolution electrical tomography. Ultimately, the project aims to identify development of low strength zones from the spatial and temporal material property change sequences associated with a shear failure event.

Closing date: 15 March 2012

Fully funded PhD position: Geological controls on the distribution and abundance of invertebrate groundwater fauna

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:00:00 GMT

Applications are invited for a fully funded 3.5 year PhD to investigate the geological and hydrogeological controls on the distribution of invertebrate stygobites (groundwater animals) in the UK. This highly interdisciplinary study is based at Roehampton University and the Groundwater Science programme of the British Geological Survey and provides a unique opportunity to work on an unusual and poorly understood ecosystem.

Closing data for applications: 16th March 2012

ESRC Doctoral Training Centre studentship: Investigating public engagement with mineral extraction.

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:00:00 GMT

The College of Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Exeter is pleased to offer a studentship funded by the ESRC and the British Geological Survey as part of the Environment, Energy and Resilience interdisciplinary pathway of the South West Doctoral Training Centre for entry in 2012/13. Successful applicants will benefit from working within a lively research environment within Geography (Streatham Campus, Exeter) at the College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter.

Closing date: 17 Febuary 2012

Voluntary work: Geochemical Baselines Survey of the Environment (G-BASE)

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:00:00 GMT

The British Geological Survey (BGS) will be recruiting earth and environmental science students for voluntary work, during the 2012 summer vacation, to assist with geochemical sampling in the South West of England. Fieldwork will involve the systematic collection of geochemical samples for the G-BASE project. There will also be a limited number of vacation posts in other departments within BGS.

The closing date for applications is Friday 7th April 2012.

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Stable Isotope Research Geochemist

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:00:00 GMT

A vacancy has arisen for a Stable Isotope Research Geochemist at our headquarters in Keyworth.

You will join the NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory (NIGL) and primarily conduct collaborative research in stable isotope mass spectrometry that comprise fields as diverse as hydrochemistry, pollution, geology, sedimentary processes, fluid processes, and climate-related research areas.

Closing date for receipt of application forms is 25 February 2012.