========================================================================= Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:39:35 -0500 Reply-To: Radiocarbon Mailing List Sender: Radiocarbon Mailing List From: Mark McClure Subject: announcement: ESF EuroClimate 2008 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable --- Sorry for cross-posting --- Please find below an announcement for the ESF EuroClimate Spring School on Chronology in Piran/Slovenia, 20-26 April, 2008. Deadline for applications is extended to 31 December 2007 and is open for participants from the whole palaeoclimate community (not restricted to EuroClimate researchers or Europeans). ESF EuroCLIMATE Spring School "Late Quaternary Timescales and Chronology"=20 Piran/Slovenia (20 - 26 April, 2008) A temporal and spatial reconstruction of past climatic and environmental conditions can only be attempted if the observed changes can be placed on an accurate timescale and if the changes seen on land and in the ocean can be accurately linked with each other and with ice core records. This linkage is necessary to understand all parts of Earth's climate system and to decipher the timing of responses to a certain forcing mechanism and resulting feedbacks. Detailed knowledge of the advantages and limitations of different dating and statistical techniques is crucial for a correct assessment of the technique to be applied to date a specific sequence, for age model construction and correlations between archives. Much of this knowledge is limited to a small group of specialists in the respective dating technique field. The Chronology Spring School aims at transmitting this information to graduate students and postdoctoral researchers to enhance knowledge and understanding of Late Quaternary time scales. Specific issues to be addressed are: (i) Choice of dating method and sample material (14C, U/Th, IRSL/OSL, Ar/Ar; dendrochronology, tephrochronology, laminated sediments, speleothems); (ii) Calibration and age-depth model construction; (iii) Correlation among archives. Leading researchers in their respective fields will give lectures and tutorials on the specific methods and their application. Discussion groups will address state-of-the-art issues and problem solving approaches. Organizers Barbara Wohlfarth (Stockholm University) Bernd Kromer (Heidelberg Academy of Sciences) Daniela Turk (European Science Foundation) ESF EuroCLIMATE community List of Lecturers: Juerg Beer, Svante Bj=F6rck, Maarten Blaauw, Katarina Cufar, Larry Edwards, Sidney Hemming, Chris Hendy, Konrad Hughen, Susan Ivy-Ochs, Sigfus Johnsen, Bernd Kromer, Frank Preusser, Paula Reimer, Ian Snowball, Dirk Verschuren, Barbara Wohlfarth Applications and Participation Applications from PhD students and postdoctoral researchers from within the wider EuroCLIMATE community are welcome. Participating students are requested to present their own work in a short oral presentation (10 min) and as a poster. Participation is limited to ca. 40 students. The European Science Foundations (EuroCLIMATE) covers registration fees, accommodation and all meals. Participants have to cover their own travel expenses to and from Piran. Applicants should submit a short outline of their PhD or postdoctoral work and explain the benefits of the Chronology Spring School for their ongoing work on maximum one A4 page. Applications should be submitted by e-mail to: Bernd.Kromer@iup.uni-heidelberg.de no later than December 31, 2007. http://www.esf.org/euroclimate A flyer can be downloaded at http://www.anst.uu.se/maabl971/Chronology_Spring_School.pdf --=20 | Dr. Maarten Blaauw |=20 | Dep. of Archaeology & Palaeoecology=20 | Queen's University Belfast, UK | On leave from Dep. of Earth Sciences | Uppsala University, Sweden |=20 | mail maarten.blaauw@geo.uu.se | www http://www.anst.uu.se/maabl971/ | tel +44 (0)28 9097 3895 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To unsubscribe from this list, send the command SIGNOFF C14-L to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU, or send a request to C14-L-request@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU.