Topics

 

Types of archives

• lakes and peats
• marine sediments
• ice cores
• speleothems
• landforms
• tree rings

Types of proxies

• pollen, chironomids, diatoms
• forams, radiolarians
• stable isotopes of carbon, oxygen, nitrogen

Dating techniques

• ¹³⁷Cs and ²¹⁰Pb
• ¹⁰Be and ²⁶Al (Surface Exposure Dating)
• ³²Si
• ¹⁴C
• Dendrochronology
• Optically Stimulated Luminescence
• Paleomagnetism
• Tephrochronology
• U-series

Discussion session:

• 3-5 minute overviews of participants own work

Laboratory tours and demonstrations:

• ¹⁴C, stable isotopes, microfossils and accelerators

 

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Quaternary Techniques Short course 2012