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We encourage both Australian and International students to apply for the various Postgraduate Scholarships offered by Curtin University of Technology. These include the Australian Postgraduate Award (APA), the Curtin University Postgraduate Scholarship (CUPS), and the Endeavour International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (EIPRS). Full details can be obtained from the Curtin University Webpage.


Current Opportunities (opened on July 31, 2007):
The Stable Isotope and Molecular Biogeochemistry Research Group, under the leadership of Professor Kliti Grice, is offering the following PhD scholarships:

Establishing the Source of Gas in Australia's Offshore Petroleum Basins: http://scholarships.curtin.edu.au/scholarship.cfm?id=515
Sediment and Asphalite Transport by Canyon Upwelling: http://scholarships.curtin.edu.au/scholarship.cfm?id=517

Besides the research currently being undertaken by various individuals and groups within TIGeR, we are particularly keen to attract students to work on our new collaborative programs which include, but are not restricted to, the following:

a) The Effect of Supercontinents on the Earth's Interior: The formation of supercontinents at various times in Earth history has major implications for global atmospheric and oceanic circulation at the surface, as well as for heat loss from inside the Earth due to the blanketing effect of one large landmass. This shift in crustal mass also has implications for the Earth's gravity field and rotation vector, which in turn may influence the dynamics of supercontinents as well as the location of mantle plumes, commonly considered to be the mechanism by which supercontinents are disrupted. This project will model the effect of changing continental configurations on the Earth's gravity field, rotation and heat flow.

b) Testing Lithospheric Memory: A new method has been developed at Curtin for imaging spatial variations in the mechanical strength and anisotropy of the lithosphere, based on wavelet transform implementation of the isostatic coherence method. This project will examine the relationship between mechanical lithospheric strength and seismic anisotropy, and apply this to the regional tectonic framework of ancient and modern mountain belts.

c) Characterisation of Geological Structure using Laser Scanner Point Clouds: Detailed mapping of geological structures in well-exposed rock faces is time consuming and difficult. Terrestrial laser scanning has the potential to make this easier by providing a dense, accurate 3D point cloud of surfaces from which geologically important features can be extracted. This research will result in new approaches to the quantification and interpretation of complex rock geometries and potentially has widespread application to the mining industry.