The study of environmental change is highly dependent on a robust chronology. The seminar gives an overview of common physical and chemical dating methods that are relevant for constraining the timing and rates of landscape evolution during the (sub-)Quaternary period. This includes geochronological and low-temperature thermochronological methods (e.g., fission track, (U-Th)/He, cosmogenic nuclides, luminescence) applied to sedimentary sequences and bedrock. The seminar will also explore practical applications of these methods in research, as well as their advantages and disadvantages. In lecture format, the fundamentals of the geo- and thermochronological methods will be introduced, followed by exercises in which students analyze research data for selected dating methods.
- Kursleiter/in: Mathias Hueck
- Kursleiter/in: Maria Kirchenbaur Da Fonseca
- Kursleiter/in: Melanie Kranz