The module will provide the basic knowledge to understand how the earth system including continents, ocean currents, atmospheric circulations and life evolved and how the system is acting as a self controlled feedback system. It will demonstrate which climatic archives can be used to reconstruct palaeoclimatic information focusing on continental archives. It will provide basic knowledge to review existing datasets and interpretations. The module will consist of lectures to cover the background material and theory, lab exercises in modeling, and field techniques.
Outline
| Day | Slot | Where | Content | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | IGW-PR1 | Historical Geology, Palaeoclimatology, Sedimentology | ||
| 09:00-10:00 | Paleoclimate – the present is the key to the past - Record of climate in earth history - Geological evidence: rock types, sea-level, fossils, weathering, soils, isotopes | Thomas Voigt, Group of general and historical geology, FSU Jena | ||
| 10:00-11:00 | Climate in earth history: - Activity of the sun | Thomas Voigt, Group of general and historical geology, FSU Jena | ||
| 11:00-11:30 | Overview on climate archives | Michael Pirrung | ||
| 11:30-12:00 | Maar volcanoes | Georg Büchel, presented by Michael Pirrung | ||
| 13:00-14:00 | Description of lake sediments | Michael Pirrung | ||
| 14:00-18:00 | Smear slide analysis | Michael Pirrung | ||
| Thur, July 26, 2012 | IG-R317 | Physical and chemical properties of sediments | ||
| 09:00-16:00 | - Seismic, coring and sampling - Dating systems - Physical properties and geochemistry of sediments | Torsten Haberzettl, chair for physical geography | ||
| Wed | IG-R317 | Pollen | ||
| 09:00-16:00 | Introduction to pollen analyses, sample preparation and microscopy of pollen | Heike Schneider | ||
| Thu | Microfossils | |||
| 09:15-12:30 | IGW-PR1 | Introduction to micropalaeontological analyses | Peter Frenzel | |
| 13:45-16:00/17:00 | IGW | Sample preparation and microscopy | Peter Frenzel | |
| Mon | MPI, B0.002 | Organic geochemistry of sediments (I) | ||
| 09:00-12:00 | Measurement and Interpretation of Hydrogen Isotopes in Lipid Biomarkers | Julian Sachs | ||
| 13:30-15:30 | lab demonstration for group 1 (6 people) | Valérie Schwab-Lavrič | ||
| Tue | MPI, B0.002 | Organic geochemistry of sediments (I) | ||
| 09:00-12:00 | Late Holocene Climate of the Tropical Pacific from Lipid D/H Ratios | Julian Sachs | ||
| 13:30-15:30 | lab demonstration for group 2 (other 6 people) | Valérie Schwab-Lavrič | ||