GEO4-44097.5 ECTSQ3EnglishMaster
Reconstructing Quaternary Environments
FaculteitFaculty of Geosciences
NiveauMaster
Studiejaar2026-2027
Beschrijving
Course goals
Please note: the information in the course manual is binding.- to provide a sound understanding of how Quaternary climate and terrestrial environmental change can be examined;
- to provide practical skills in the collection, identification and analysis of evidence for Quaternary terrestrial environmental change;
- to discuss specific topics and communicate knowledge, understanding and skills to others.
Content
Lecture topics (12):
- Introduction
- Palaeorecords of environmental change
- Geomorphological evidence
- Site selection and sampling strategies
- Lithological evidence
- Botanical evidence
- Faunal evidence
- Dendrochronology
- C-14 dating and annual layering
- Luminescence and other dating techniques
- Stratigraphic correlation
- Environmental and climate reconstructions
- Integration of Ice-core, Marine and Terrestrial records.
Note: all ppt files will be made available on Brightspace.
Several transferable skills will be trained during the course practicals, seminars, and excursion.
Practicals:
Excursion: Analytical and team-work skills are trained during a lithological description and interpretation of a ca 50m long core from the shallow sub-soil of The Netherlands at Geological survey of the Netherlands.
Seminar presentation: training in verbal communication skills during short (15 minutes) individual presentation and discussion of recent scientific papers on different topics: Proxies; Dating and correlation; Events.
Several transferable skills will be trained during the course practicals, seminars, and excursion.
Practicals:
- Analytical, technical, and team-work skills are trained in the Microscope Labs on: pollen; core description.
- Problem solving skills are trained in Computer labs: data analysis; C-14 calibration and wiggle-matching.
- Written communication skills are trained: scientific jounals analysis; article writing and evaluation of research proposals, short reports.
Excursion: Analytical and team-work skills are trained during a lithological description and interpretation of a ca 50m long core from the shallow sub-soil of The Netherlands at Geological survey of the Netherlands.
Seminar presentation: training in verbal communication skills during short (15 minutes) individual presentation and discussion of recent scientific papers on different topics: Proxies; Dating and correlation; Events.
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