POST DOCTORAL POSITION IN PALEOCEANOGRAPHY.

The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of
Bergen, Norway, invites applications for a postdoctoral position in
the field of paleoceanography. The position is in the Department of Geology.

The University of Bergen is strengthening its focus on marine sciences and
marine climate processes, and has recently decided to establish a joint
centre for climate research, the Bjerknes Centre.

We are interested in recruiting a researcher holding a recent PhD with
skills and experience in the application of stable isotope techniques and/or
other trace element techniques to reconstruct past ocean behaviour. Interest
in methodological developments, calibration studies between paleo-proxy
methods and modern ocean parameters, and solid laboratory experience are
also of high relevance.

The successful candidate will work in an highly active research
environment with
several research groups in paleoclimatology/paleoceanography in the
Geology Department of the
University and the newly established Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research.
The main thrust of the work at present is on decadal to millennial
scale climate
variability with special focus on high latitude regions.

The available research infrastructure consists of 3 Finnigan mass
spectrometers for stable O, C, H and N isotope studies, with automated
preparation systems, including 2 Finnigan Kiel Device for carbonates, a Gas
Bench for water samples and carbonates and an H-device for water samples.
The Geology Department also hosts a thermal ionization mass spectrometer
(TIMS) laboratory With a Finnigan 262 mass spectrometer and clean labs, a
GEOTEK core logging unit, as well as modern sedimentology and
micropaleontology labs. Access to SEM- and paleomagnetic laboratory
facilities is also available. A new ICP-ms laboratory for trace element work
is expected to be established within a year. The University owns its own
oceangoing research vessel with suitable coring equipment and a smaller
inshore vessel for fjord research.


Candidates may contact Prof. Eystein Jansen, Dep. of Geology, GEOS,
Allégaten 41, N-5007, tel. +47-55-583491, fax: +47-55-584330, e-mail:
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Further details concerning the position are available by contacting
the University of Bergen, the Faculty of Mathematical and Natural
Sciences, tlf. + 47 55 58 20 62 or e-mail: [log in to unmask]

Applications should include an outline of  relevant research
project ideast as well as a realistic research strategy for the
two-year period.  Evaluation of the applicant will depend on
qualifications and future potential; the candidates' relevance to the
project; and the Department's own need for recruitment to the
specific research area.

The position is for two years, and the salary is NOK 320 131 gross
per year (approx. 39 000 Euro).
For consideration, please submit 3 CV copies and a statement
outlining current research interest, and three reference names,
willing to be contacted. The application should be sent to:
Universitetet i Bergen, Det matematisk-naturvitskaplege fakultetet,
Pb. 7800, N-5020 Bergen, Norway, before Dec. 1, 2000.
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Professor  Eystein Jansen
Bjerknes Center for Climate Research and
Dep. of Geology, Univ. of Bergen
Allégaten 41
N-5007 Bergen
NORWAY
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
Phone:  +47-55-583491  -  Home: +47-55-910661
Fax:    +47-55-584330