Methods of palaeoclimate research 1300-OMBP4W
The lecture is devoted to palaeoclimate investigations. The Quaternary climatic changes and their geomorphological and geological record are studied. The unexpected sources of palaeoclimatic data from both pre-instrumental and instrumental periods are presented (i.e. flamands painting, old diaries, chronicles, songs and legends). The methods of field works (sampling, outcrop analyses, hand drilling) are described in detail. The important laboratory methods are also presented, tought as base for master degree realization (i.e. petrographic analyses of gravels, quarz grains micromorphology examinations). It teaches also how to recognise results of climate changes in deposits with a use of geophisical methods and isotopic data analyses.
Type of course
Prerequisites (description)
Learning outcomes
After the classes students:
- find multiple sources of geological and palaeoclimatic data
- explain origin of climatic changes and their geological and geomorhoplogical records
- know field methods
- draw geological profile of outcrops
- make till fabrics and petrographic indices
- analyse pollen diagrams and palaeontological data from lacustrine sediments
- fit proper analyse to solve geological problem
- recognise frame of uncertainty of analytical methods
- know gains and disadvantages of isotopic data in palaeoclimate reconstruction and sediment datings
- know how to realise their master degree
- know rules in writing of master thesis.
Assessment criteria
List of presence, writing test.
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