You, or some of your students, may be interested in a short course on low-temperature thermochronology offered by the Finnish Doctoral Programme in Geosciences October 23-27 at the University of Helsinki. We have space for a handful of international
PhD students to join us for the course, and would be very pleased to have some international visitors. There are no course fees, but travel and lodging arrangements will need to be arranged by participants from outside Finland. If you have any questions, please
feel free to contact myself (
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Short course on low-temperature thermochronology
Dates and location
October 23-27, 2017, Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki
Instructors
Cécile Gautheron, Department of Earth Sciences, Paris-Sud University, France
Christoph Glotzbach, Department of Geosciences, University of Tübingen, Germany
Clare Warren, School of Environment, Earth & Ecosystem Sciences, The Open University, U.K.
with contributions from Ilmo Kukkonen and David Whipp, University of Helsinki
Target audience
Doctoral students (The course is open to international PhD students and local MSc students provided there is space)
Overview
Low-temperature thermochronology is a geochronological method based on the temperature-sensitive retention of a radiogenically produced daughter product in mineral crystals. It is widely used to quantify long-term rates of tectonic and erosional processes in mountainous
regions, but can also be applied to study erosional processes in ancient settings. In this course you will learn the fundamental concepts of thermochronology and its applications, be introduced to common mineral dating systems by European experts in thermochronology,
and work with numerical tools for analyzing and interpreting thermochronometer data.
Course contents
- Basic concepts of low-temperature thermochronology
- Crustal thermal processes
- Common thermochronometer systems (40Ar/39Ar, Fission-track, (U-Th)/He)
- Numerical modelling using Pecube
Registration
Register online at
https://goo.gl/U2Dmv3
Questions?
Email David Whipp (
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