Department of Geography and Climatology - University of Athens (NKUA), Greece

Training (provided by NKUA):
- Evaluation of use and misuse of marine aggregates in EU - Overview of marine aggregate practice in EU.
- Evaluation of the coastal sediment budget including marine aggregate deposits (origin and re-new ability) and their relationship to coastline evolution.
- Grain size distribution, as indicator of sediment transport pathways.
- Near bed resuspension processes induced by current and wave activity.
- Evaluation of nearshore sediment transport rates induced by waves in microtidal marine environment.
- Coastal geomorphological characteristics with respect to sediment fluxes and nearshore hydrodynamics.

Workload:
Participation in field-data collection within the framework of the present Programme (Baltic and North Sea sites) and undertaken data analysis regarding sea-bed sediments, re-suspension processes, evaluation of the marine aggregate budgets in E.U. (desk study) and its relationship to coastline stability. The candidate will have the opportunity to get experience in the use of various apparatus (e.g. current meters, ADCP, sediment-core) participating in all research / training cruises of EUMARSAND. He/she will be encouraged to visit all the other participating laboratories in order to get experience in laboratory techniques and data-analysis. The candidate will be able also to participate in complementary on-going research enhance his/her experience and expertise in coastal sedimentary budgets (marine and terrestrial) and their modification by human interference.