Tectonics and Geochronology

Prospective Students

Student Opportunities and Student Funding

Looking for a M.S. or Ph.D. thesis project in Tectonics and Geo-/Thermochronology?

Moller Projects &bull Stockli Projects &bull Taylor Projects &bull Walker Projects &bull Funding &bull

Dear prospective student,

Welcome to the KU Tectonics and Geochronology student opportunities web site. The following list should give you an idea of where and what kind of projects future students might work on. The list is by no means comprehensive and we encourage all students to contribute their own intellectual creativity and enthusiasm. Most projects entail a combination of field-oriented mapping, structural analysis, and sampling with geochrmical and analytical work at KU (Thermochronology Laboratories, TIMS and LA-HRICP-MS Geochronology Laborotories, Cosmogenic Nuclide Laboratory, Plasma Analytical Laboratory, Fluid Inclusion Laboratory, Remote Sensing Laboratory, etc.) For additional information please contact me at stockli@ku.edu.

Moller Reserach Projects and Opportunities

For Ph.D. and M.S. research opportunities contact Andreas Möller or click on Möller website

Stockli Reserach Projects and Opportunities

List of potential projects for M.S. and Ph.D. theses: • Magnetite (U-Th-Sm)/He Geochronology - A Novel Technique for Dating Continental and Oceanic Basalts. (NSF and other funding available; multiple projects)

• (U-Th)/He geo- and thermochronometry technique development and He diffusion of mineral phases, such as rutile and garnet. Multiple projects both M.S. and Ph.D. (Funding available).

• Application of intermediate-temperature (U-Th)/He thermochronometry to UHP and HP rocks in the Aegean and the Alps. Multiple projects both M.S. and Ph.D. (Funding available).

• Core-complex exhumation and hanging wall deposition in the central Aegean - Comparision of cooling and detrital ages. M.S. or Ph.D. (Funding available).

• Timing of deformation and exhumation of the external massives of the Alps (Aar and Mont Blanc). Multiple projects both M.S. and Ph.D. (Funding available).

• Timing, rates, and spatial distribution of extensional and transtensional faulting in the Basin and Range Province and the Walker Lane Belt (Nevada, California, Mexico) (for more information click here). Multiple projects both M.S. and Ph.D. (Funding available).

• Structural geology and cooling history of extensional faulting In the GUlf of Suez, Egypt . Multiple projects both M.S. and Ph.D. (Funding possible).

Taylor Reserach Projects and Opportunities

For Ph.D. and M.S. research opportunities contact Michael Taylor or click on Taylor website

Walker Reserach Projects and Opportunities

For Ph.D. and M.S. research opportunities contact Doug Walker or click on Walker website

Graduate Student Funding

Patterson Scholarship
For the academic years 2007-2008, the Dept. of Geology at the University of Kansas is offering the Patterson Fellowships (Taylor and Möller) to an outstanding, incoming Ph.D. student in the fields of neotectonics and geochronology. This fellowship for $22,000 may be used to cover tuition and other expenses associated with graduate school, including living and other personal expenses. Priority will be given to a highly motivated and qualified student. Although the fellowship is for one year, reasonable progress toward completion of the degree program will earn the recipient either a research assistantship or teaching assistant for the following years. All applications will be considered, but preference will most likely be given to students who have completed a M.S.

Graduate research and teaching assistantships
For the academic years 2007-2008, the Dept. of Geology at the University of Kansas is offering graduate teaching assistantships. Several graduate research assistantships are also available in Tectonics and Geo-/Thermochronology (see available funding above).
The Dept. of Geology at the University of Kansas has rolling admission, so graduate students may start either in August or January.

Please contact Yolanda Langdon at yolanda@ku.edu for an application package or go directly to the KU Geology Dept application website.

Please feel free to contact any of us or any of our graduate students regarding potential research projects, graduate student funding, student life in Lawrence, etc.