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| Objective of the course: After the course you will be able to: Maximum 6 participants, FULL
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| 19-21 February | Bernhard Fuegenshuh |
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The Alps Carpathians Dinarides (AlCaDi) system forms a complex, intensively curved and bifurcated system of orogens where much information is obscured by wide and deep Miocene basins. Although intensively studied since more than hundred years not all the features are perfectly understood yet. The complexity of a pre-structured European foreland (Bohemian and Moesian promontories), the still unclear number and extent of microplates (terranes) and oceans involved, a deep structure characterized by slab-retreat, slab-breakoff and polarity changes all ask for an approach involving all disciplines of earth sciences.
The lecture intends to give a brief overview of the three orogen. A recently compiled tectonic map together with crustal-sale sections (Schmid et al., in prep.) forms the backbone of the lecture and tries to provide a coherent, yet subjective view of the AlCaDi system.
Apart from the broad overview some detailed aspects will be addressed, the choice of which being quite subjective and related to the speakers own work within the AlCaDi system.
Venue: VU, De Boelelaan 1085 Amsterdam
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| Spring 2007 | Paul Bogaard and Anco Lankreijer, VU Amsterdam |
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Course schedule: 3 days from 10.00-17.00 Location: Institute of Earth Sciences, De Boelelaan 1085, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Lecture rooms: follows.
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Admission procedure: Potential participants are encouraged to inform us when they started their PhD project and what their motivation is to follow the course.
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| MARUM Bremen, 27-30 August 2007 |
RCOM-EUROPROX-AWI workshop
The workshop seeks to bring together scientists working in the fields of organic and inorganic geochemistry, biogeochemistry, microbiology, paleontology and micropaleontology with the aim of improving the understanding of the biological and chemical (selective) organic matter (OM) degradation processes, rates of OM decay and the effects on several widely used and recently developed OM-based paleoproxies. Furthermore, we intend to obtain an overview about how selective preservation processes are reflected in the fossil record.
Keynote-speakers who have already confirmed their participation comprise: Those of you who are interested to participate in the workshop are advised to contact S. Kasten (Sabine.Kasten@awi.de) as soon as possible as the number of participants is limited.
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| VU Amsterdam, October 18-19, 2007 | Prof. Ladislaus Rybach (LR) and Prof. Thomas Kohl (TK), Geowatt, Swiss Geothermal Expert Group, Zürich |
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| VU Amsterdam, November 6-8, 2007 | PD Dr. Joachim Ritter Geophysical Institute, Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Germany |
| Summary of the course: The lithosphere-asthenosphere system widely controls the formation of the Earth's surface. Geodynamic processes such as mountain building, subsidence, rifting etc. are driven by stresses, strains, material flow etc. in the crust and upper mantle. Seismology made fundamental discoveries to understand these processes and its continuous development resulted in increasing resolution of structures inside the Earth. This development includes instrumental, processing and interpretational aspects. The quality and quantity of sensors increased tremendously in the last two decades. More and more permanent stations are installed and numerous temporary deployments are conducted at specific target areas using broadband instruments. Such installations allow measuring a broad frequency band which is the basis to apply different interpretational techniques. The benefit of broadband observations will be demonstrated and related sources will be discussed. The processing and interpretational methods for passive seismology (recordings of earthquakes and noise, not shot data) become more and more detailed. Seismic tomography based on traveltime, amplitude and even waveform data from compressional (P) and shear (S) waves allow 3D imaging of the Earth. Receiver functions are based on conversions (P-S or S-P) at interfaces (seismic discontinuities) and characterise these interfaces. Seismic anisotropy is formed e.g. by flow or tectonic deformation. Analysis of the resulting S-wave birefringence (mostly SKS splitting) can recover anisotropic parameters. Attenuation of seismic wave amplitudes by scattering allows recovering the fine structural characteristics of rock masses. Anelastic attenuation is largely influenced by temperature and together with seismic velocity information allows characterising the physical state of rock at depths (temperature, melt content). Array techniques allow to improve the signal-to-noise ratio and to determine the slowness and backazimuth of a seismic phase. During the course the above topics will be explained and selected applications will be used to illustrate the strengths and limitations of these methods.
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| VU Amsterdam, November 14-16, 2007 | Gavin Foster Bristol University, Yani Najman Lancaster University, Cornelia Spiegel Universität Bremen, Jan Wijbrans Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
| Summary of the course: this workshop is designed for advanced level postgraduate students and others interested in the detrital approach. The workshop concentrates on the use of isotopic techniques applied to detrital material, in order to determine provenance and hinterland evolution and erosion. Topics covered include applications of the following techniques: U-Pb, Hf, (U-Th)/He, fission track, Sm-Nd and Ar-Ar. Format will include lectures, practical exercises and lab tours. Participation fee for post-grad students is covered by ISES and EUROPROX
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| VU Amsterdam, March 31 - April 2, 2008 | Bilal U. Haq |
| Summary of the course: March 31 9:00 am Participants' introductions, course expectations and discussion of the schedule.
Introductory Lectures: For those with little or no prior knowledge of Sequence Stratigraphy (more advanced participants can skip the first three lectures)
(All participants should attend lectures 4 onwards)
Lecture 4: Siliciclastic Sequences Part 1
Lunch Break (12:00 to 13:00)
Exercise 1: Jiffy Outcrop Correlations Exercise (Demonstrates correlations on a measured outcrop section).
April 1, 2008
9:00 am
Lunch Break (12:00-13:00)
Lecture: Introduction to Gulf of Lyons exercise
April 2, 2008
Lecture 8: Paralic and Deltaic Sequences
Lunch Break (12:00- 13:00)
Lecture 13: Carbonate and Evaporite Sequences Part 3
Adjourn (~ 5 pm)
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Oral presentation skills