Overview
About the programme
Studies using and developing sedimentological, stratigraphical and palaeobiological techniques form two themes in the Palaeoenvironmental Change Research Group within the School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystems Sciences at The Open University UK.
Research in Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Palaeobiology includes micro- and macro-fossil studies into evolutionary change through Earth history, plant morphology, sequence stratigraphy and the use of sedimentary records of orbital forcing to develop geological timescales.
A major focus of current research is the use of sedimentary rocks as archives of past environmental and sea-level change. As such, this work brings together both sedimentological and stratigraphical investigations with geochemical analyses of sedimentary rocks and fossils to develop novel proxies for tracing ancient environmental change.
Programme Structure
Current/recent research projects:- Palaeoenvironmental change in the Early Jurassic: A north African perspective
- Diversity and disparity at the dawn of fern evolution
- Unravelling the tectonic and climatic controls on Upper Jurassic mass flow deposits in NE Scotland
- Assessing the nature of the stratigraphic record and its utility for understanding the Earth system
- Exploring the links between orbital forcing of climate and large-scale sea-level change in the geological record
- Investigating the biotic responses to large scale environmental change in Earth history
- The development and refinement of geological timescales using orbital chronologies
- Miocene vegetation in the African tropics
- Foram ecology and biocalcification
- Plio-Pleistocene monsoon-driven coccolithophore productivity and evolution
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 36 months
- Part-time
- 72 months
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Entry requirements
- Minimum 2:1 undergraduate degree (or equivalent). If you are not a UK citizen, you may need to prove your knowledge of English.
Tuition Fee
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15456 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 15456 GBP per year during 36 months. -
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4712 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 4712 GBP per year during 36 months.
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