Master Thesis on the Glacial History of the Yukon Coast (Canada)

The Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) is a member of the Helmholtz Association (HGF) and funded by federal and state government. AWI focuses on polar and marine research in a variety of disciplines such as biology, oceanography, geology, geochemistry and geophysics thus allowing multidisciplinary approaches to scientific goals.

Background Large parts of the Arctic escaped glaciation during the last ice age. Even though modern maps show some parts of the Yukon Coast at the Arctic Ocean ice- free during the last ice age, we find large rocks (erratics) along the coast and withing sedimentary deposits. Where do these boulders come from and how have they been transported? This thesis is embedded in the Coastal Permafrost research group led by Prof. Dr. Hugues Lantuit at AWI, focusing on Arctic permafrost coasts under climate change.

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Further Information The place of employment will be Potsdam.

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Start Date: Flexible (by arrangement) Language: English (Some German language desired)

You are interested? Then please send us your application with Cover letter an CV (with all documents merged into one PDF file) by e-mail to: [email protected] (Tel.: 0331-58174-5405).

For further information please contact Dr. Michael Fritz also.

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