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).

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