Experimental sedimentological study of carbonate oozes

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label Burse autorenew 2025-09-29, 17:00 history_edu Silviu Marinescu
The Department of Geography and Geology (DGG) at the Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen hereby offers a fully funded Ph.D. position.

We seek a highly motivated candidate to participate in an experimental sedimentological study of the basic physical behaviour of carbonate mud with special reference to cretaceous calcareous nannofossil ooze. The main tasks of the Ph.D. student will be to develop experimental techniques as well as designing and producing suitable experimental sediments.

The project will be carried out within the framework of the newly established joint DGG and Maersk Oil Research Centre which will host five PhD students and two assistant professors in addition to the permanent staff at DGG and Maersk Oil. Project participants have backgrounds in sedimentology, geophysics, stratigraphy, numerical modelling, geochemistry, paleontology/paleoecology and engineering. The ultimate aim of the research centre is to improve the qualitative and quantitative understanding of chalk depositional systems.