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280102 VO Anthropocene Sedimentology (2024S)

Continuous assessment of course work

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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 10 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

1.Introduction & Baselines
2.Anthropogenically Modified Rivers
3.Anthropogenically Modified Coasts & Oceans
4.Water & Energy
5.Land Use Change
6.Anthropogenically Managed & Made Materials
7.Anthropogenic Strata & Urban Environments
8.Presentations

  • Wednesday 03.04. 11:30 - 14:45 Seminarraum Paläontologie 2B311 3.OG UZA II
  • Thursday 04.04. 11:30 - 14:45 Seminarraum Paläontologie 2B311 3.OG UZA II
  • Friday 05.04. 11:30 - 14:45 Seminarraum Paläontologie 2B311 3.OG UZA II
  • Monday 08.04. 11:30 - 14:45 Seminarraum Paläontologie 2B311 3.OG UZA II
  • Tuesday 09.04. 11:30 - 14:45 Hörsaal 1 2A120 1.OG UZA II Geo-Zentrum
  • Wednesday 10.04. 11:30 - 14:45 Seminarraum Paläontologie 2B311 3.OG UZA II
  • Thursday 11.04. 11:30 - 14:45 Seminarraum Paläontologie 2B311 3.OG UZA II
  • Friday 12.04. 11:30 - 14:45 Seminarraum Paläontologie 2B311 3.OG UZA II

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

– Introduction to Anthropocene Sedimentology and what it is drawn from
– Baselines and Early Man changes
– Rivers processes and morphologies
– Water, flooding, dams and reservoirs, desalination, extreme weather and their deposits
– Large-scale land use change, strip mining, deforestation, invasive species, agriculture, fires
– Modern materials, sand, concrete, plastic, metals, uranium, and their new distributions
– Urban centres and landscapes, composition, morphology, future
– Anthropocene Sedimentology to Anthropocene Geoscience
– Student presentations

Assessment and permitted materials

Presentations

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

1 student presentation

Examination topics

publication reading and presentation (15min)

Reading list

Zalasiewicz, J, Waters, CN et al. (Eds.) (2019). The Anthropocene as a Geological Time Unit. CUP.

Association in the course directory

MA-ERD-W-1.1; BA-ERD-25.0

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