Ph.D. Research Assistantship in Diagenesis/Geochemistry at University 
     of Iowa
     
     Project: PALEOCLIMATIC RECONSTRUCTIONS OF THE EASTERN MARGIN OF THE 
     ALBIAN-TURONIAN WESTERN INTERIOR BASIN, U.S.A. AND CANADA
     
     Applications are invited from prospective Ph.D. students in either 
     geology or geochemistry for a three-year 12-month Research 
     Assistantship (first year stipend at $18K) to work on an 
     interdisciplinary project that deals with paleoclimatic 
     reconstructions along the eastern margin of the Cretaceous North 
     American Western Interior Basin  This study will involve integration 
     of stable isotopic and sequence stratigraphic interpretations of 
     strata between Kansas and Manitoba-Saskatchewan.  The Research 
     Assistant chosen will work on diagenetic and geochemical aspects of 
     this project and develop a Ph.D. dissertation from this work.
     
     The principal investigators (R.L. Brenner, L.A. Gonzalez, G.A. 
     Ludvigson, and B.J. Witzke) will be discussing preliminary results 
     from this project in the form of 2 oral presentations and 2 poster 
     presentations at the G.S.A. meeting in Denver on October 28 and 29, 
     1996.  If you are attending the meeting and wish to discuss this 
     opportunity, you can find us at Poster Booth 31 on Monday morning and 
     Poster Booth 75 on Tuesday morning.  Oral presentations are in room 
     CCC:A205 on Monday at 11:00 am and 1:30 pm.  We will be staying at the 
     Adams Mark Hotel and welcome inquires, especially at our poster 
     sessions.
     
     Although the specific focus of the student's thesis project will be of 
     his/her choosing, we are seeking a scientist with training and 
     interest in geochemical techniques.
     
     For more information and application forms, contact:
     
     Dr. Robert L. Brenner
     Department of Geology
     The University of Iowa
     Iowa City, IA 52242-1379 USA
     e-mail: [log in to unmask] Phone: 1-319-335-1829
     FAX: 1-319-335-1821