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We are one of the leading Earth Sciences departments with state of the art teaching and research covering a broad range of Earth Science topics. The department is rated "Excellent" for teaching and our research is of a national and international calibre.
 


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The department is offering the following PhD research projects from Autumn 2006. For further information please click here.


Professor Gillian Foulger, Earth Sciences, wins Royal Astronomical Society’s Price Medal.

The Price Medal is usually awarded every other year, for investigations of outstanding merit in solid-earth geophysics, oceanography, or planetary sciences. Professor Gillian Foulger’s research has raised serious doubts about the nature of the hotspots beneath volcanic centres such as Iceland, Hawaii and Yellowstone.

 

 

   
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