Geochronology Summer School

Dating Techniques in Environmental Research

Dating techniques

numerical methods (radiocarbon, exposure dating with ¹⁰Be, ²⁶Al, ³⁶Cl, etc.),
dendrochronology, Ice-core chronologies,
relative methods like soil weathering and Schmidt-hammer technique, palaeosoils, palaeomagnetism

Reconstruction of environmental parameters

(using dendroecology, stable isotopes, ....)

Climate and landscape history

(case studies: dendrochronology, ice cores, varves, loess-stratigraphies, ….)

Reconstructing geomorphic processes

(avalanches, mud flows, land slides, rock fall)

Forest fires

(charcoal: identification, dating, …)

Lectures and field trips

Presentation of the participants own research

Weiterführende Informationen

Main responsible

Markus Egli (GIUZ)

Organising committee

Dmitry Tikhomirov (GIUZ)

Lecturers

Irka Hajdas (ETH Zurich)

and others

Organising institutions

University of Zurich, Department of Geography (UZH, GIUZ)

1 - 6 September 2024