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Reconstructing quaternary environments  

Description

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.

Delivery mode

Presential
English

Name

Reconstructing quaternary environments
English

UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE

Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation

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