Applications are invited for a fully funded PhD studentship at the
University of Auckland, New Zealand.  This is tied to a Royal Society of New
Zealand-funded multi-disciplinary project entitled: 

ARE RAPID PALEOCLIMATE EVENTS CAPTURED IN AUCKLAND MAAR CRATER LAKE MUDS?
NEW APPROACHES TO EXTRACTING HIGH RESOLUTION CLIMATE CHANGE INFORMATION.

The project will focus on selected maar crater lake sequences, with an
emphasis on the organic fraction of the lake sediments, which contain a
high-resolution paleoecological, geochemical and isotopic record of climatic
changes that occurred on annual to millennial timescales over the past
50,000 years. In particular, lipids extracted from organic matter and
fine-grained cellulose form a significant proportion of the organic matter.
Aquatic cellulose delta 18O, and lipid delta 13C and delta D extracted from
the sedimentary organic matter will be analysed in concert with a range of
other proxies. The project will take advantage of collaborative links with
the University of Wales Swansea (Professor F A Street-Perrott).

For further information, contact Dr Paul Augustinus
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