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| GEOL0224-1 | Paleoclimatology
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| Duration : | 15h Th, 15h Pr |
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| Holder(s) : | Nathalie Fagel |
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| Language : | Langue française |
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| 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
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| 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.
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| Prerequisites : | None. The course will be adapted taking into account the basic formation and/or knowlegdes of the audience |
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| Workshops : | Visits of specific laboratories working on paleoclimate archives at ULg and/or in others universities |
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| Organization : |
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Theory: 5 lectures of 3h.
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Practise: (a) Visits of specific laboratories working on paleoclimate archives at ULg and/or in others universities. (b) Exercices using computer (bring your laptop if available). Exercice on database using simple spreadsheet (e.g., excel). Application of specific software (e;g. calibration of carbone 14 ages and construction of an age model for a specific sedimentary column).
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| Written notes : | Copy of figures and tables presented and discussed during lectures available.
Syllabus in progress... |
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| Assessment : | Theory - individual oral examination - Comments on selected figures and/or tables from the lectures.
TP - (a) Short report on the exercices. (b) Personal work. Selection of a scientific paper. Oral presentation (15 minutes) with supports and short written report to explicit the scientific approach, the tools and the main results. |
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| 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 |
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