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Victoria Smith @volcrocks.bsky.social · May 9

📣 Our recent paper, led by researchers at INGV, provides detail of the magmatic system that extends below the Campi Flegrei caldera, Naples, Italy. These data provide new insights into magma storage and ascent pathways beneath this restless and active caldera: www.nature.com/articles/s43...

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Adriano Pimentel @adrianoazovolc.bsky.social · Apr 1

🌋 PhD and MSc students in Earth Sciences 🌋 Don't miss the opportunity to participate in the International Summer School on Geohazards in Volcanic Islands, held in Ponta Delgada, Azores from 28 May to 4 June. Please check ivar.uac.pt/summer-course/ Deadline for application is approaching, 30 April.

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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · Mar 4

📢The School of Archaeology proudly presents: the #radiocarbon dating process - 🎞️⭐: Dr Rachel Wood, Jamie Cameron, Gary Lai, Shutong Jin, Silvia Tardaguila Giacomozzi & Nikta Sarie. #archaeologicalscience #womeninstem #lablife @ox.ac.uk @socsci.ox.ac.uk @graduate.ox.ac.uk youtu.be/xQka8ohWLFo?...

The Radiocarbon Dating Process - the Journey of a Sample

YouTube video by University of Oxford

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Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit @oxradiocarbon.bsky.social · Feb 19

Registration for the Radiocarbon Short Course will close 28/02. Come along if you would like to learn a bit more about radiocarbon as a dating technique or as a tracer, or you would like some training on OxCal; conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/shor... @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social
@isotopesuk.bsky.social

Short Course in Radiocarbon Dating and Bayesian Chronological Analysis

Developed by the NERC Radiocarbon Facility, this course is aimed at researchers using radiocarbon and other techniques, including Quaternary geologists, palaeobiologists, archaeologists and marine geo...

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Becca Kearney @palaeobecca.bsky.social · Feb 1

Some tephra-tastic news for February! New glass geochemistry of visible tephra layers from Lake Van are finally published!!! 👇
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The volcanoes of Nemrut and Süphan take a bow! 🌋🧪

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Oxford Tephrochronology Group @oxfordtephra.bsky.social · Jan 15

Curious about doing a PhD? Looking to gain some laboratory experience?

Applications are now OPEN for 2025 UNIQ+ postgraduate research internships at Oxford University. Our lab has two fantastic tephra projects available! Application closing date is 19 February.

www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g...

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Oxford Tephrochronology Group @oxfordtephra.bsky.social · Jan 15

Read more about how past UNIQ+ students have found the scheme and working in our lab here: www.arch.ox.ac.uk/hear-from-ou...

Hear from our UNIQ + Research Interns

www.arch.ox.ac.uk

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Oxford Tephrochronology Group @oxfordtephra.bsky.social · Jan 16

If you are interested in coming to do doctoral research in the #tephra group, apply for this fully funded doctoral program. bsky.app/profile/iles...
We have various research projects in a range of interesting locations and happy to discuss these so please get in touch if you are interested! 🌋🔬🥼🧑‍🔬

ilesla.bsky.social @ilesla.bsky.social · Jan 16

Two weeks to go until the application deadline for ILESLA. If you or anyone you know would benefit from full funding to carry out a PhD in Life and/or Environmental Science please visit/refer to our website page iles.web.ox.ac.uk/how-apply where you can see open day videos and get full guidance.

How to Apply and Funding

iles.web.ox.ac.uk

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