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GEOL0224-1

Continental Paleoclimatology

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Duration :15h Th, 15h Pr
Credits/ECTS :
2nd "licence" geological sciences2
Holder(s) :Nathalie Fagel
Course contents : THe course is organised in 8 sections

  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Climate system
  • 3. Dating methods
  • 4. Climate archives
  • 5. Climate changes: (a) since the Earth's formation, (b) the Quaternary
  • 6. Factors of climate changes
  • 7. Climate predictions
  • 8. Applications
Course objective : The aims are:

  • to explain rthe paleoclimate approach. What are the available geological tools or archive? What are the most appropriate dating methods? How accurate are the proposed climate reconstructions?
  • To illustrate the natural climate variability over different timescales, since the Earth's formation until the recent climate changes
  • to identify the driving factors of climate changes. The influence of human activities will be also discussed through IPCC (Intergovernment Panel for Cimate Change) predictions for the next century climate.
Prerequisites : None. The course will be adapted taking into account the basic formation and/or knowlegdes of the audience
Workshops : Visits of specific laboratories working on paleoclimate archives at ULg and/or in others universities
Organization :
  • Theory: 5 lectures of 3h.
  • Practise: Visits of specific laboratories working on paleoclimate archives at ULg and/or in others universities
Written notes : Copy of figures and tables presented and discussed during lectures available.

Syllabus in progress...
Assessment : Personal work. Selection of a scientific paper. Oral presentation and short written report.
Contacts : Nathalie Fagel
Chef de Travaux, Département de Géologie
Unité Argiles et paléoclimat (URAP)
B18, Allée du 6 Août, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
fax:04.366.2029,
Tel: 04.366.2209,
e-mail: nathalie.fagel@ulg.ac.be
www.ulg.ac.be/urap




ULg : Students and Studies Administration - Academic Affairs
Contact : Monique Marcourt, direction A.E.E.
Date of data : 18/05/2007
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