Environmental Sedimentology

“Environmental Sedimentology”

As part of the UKE PLATFORM project and in connection with the Marine Environmental Geology
course at the University Gothenburg, this web-based, this short course introduces selected
concepts and methods that are useful for interpreting sediment sources, transport pathways and
environmental risks associated with contaminated sediments (see figure below). Although these
methods use the mineralogy, grain size and geochemistry of sedimentary deposits, the course
does not assume specialized knowledge in these topics.
The course will be based on about 15 hours of lectures (theory and examples) and short, hands-on
exercises (see tentative schedule below). Following the short course, participants can choose to
take up a case study from the literature or connected to their own work. The short course and
case-study work are each expected to require approximately one week’s work. The course itself
will, however, be divided between three weeks in the beginning of November. The case studies
can be done by individuals or in small groups, this part is more flexible. After agreement, a final
presentation seminar will, probably, be held in early December. The principle lecturer will be Prof.
emeritus Rodney Stevens, Dept. Earth Sciences, Univ. Gothenburg, Sweden. A schedule will be
included in the second announcement.
Certificates of participation and completion will be given, but credits should be coordinated by the
individual home institutes. Following the webinars and exercises is considered equivalent to 1.5
ECTS credits, as is the case-study work (i.e. 3 ECTS totally).