Senior Research Associate in Volcanic Petrology and Stratigraphy

Senior Research Associate in Volcanic Petrology and Stratigraphy

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Overview

This 36-month Senior Research Associate position will join a team of investigators from the Universities of Bristol, Oxford, Plymouth and the West Indies on the Leverhulme-funded research grant Volcanic Histories

Led by the University of Bristol, Volcanic Histories is an interdisciplinary project that aims to understand the complex relationship between volcanic eruptions and the societal disruption they cause. The project will bring together volcanology, history, archaeology and disaster science to understand drivers of volcanic disruption on several Eastern Caribbean volcanic islands. This post-doctoral position will be responsible for the field-based examination of the stratigraphic record of eruptive deposits, and the identification of key samples for petrology and textural analysis to forensically detect drivers of fast-paced changes during or between eruptive episodes. You will also collaborate with the wider team to contextualise eruptions within the historical record, and to integrate others with the archaeological record of pre-Columbian settlements on these islands.

What you will be doing

• Field-based description and analysis of young pyroclastic deposits in the Eastern Caribbean
• Co-ordinate fieldwork, sampling, description and correlation of eruptive deposits (approximately 2–3 weeks in several periods)
• Use textural analysis and microanalytical methods to reconstruct changing intensive parameters in the subsurface environment
• Contribute to the analysis and interpretation of archival records of historical eruptions and correlate eruptions with the archaeological record
• Integrate eruptive histories with their societal impacts in the context of broader changes
• Share and disseminate knowledge via academic and non-academic means

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