This course deals with the sedimentary record of the Earth system and its interactions. The first part of the course, by analyzing selected intervals in Earth's history, will examines the feedbacks between different components in the Earth system. Then, students will acquire, through case studies, in-depth knowledge of the methods used to study sedimentary successions and to analyse variations in sedimentary processes in the geologic past in response to changes in the Earth system (e.g. climate, sea level, paleoceanography, the biosphere, and tectonics). Selected topics will be explored in depth through the reading of scientific papers, group discussion and presentation of researched topics in the class.
Through following this course, students will:
- gain advanced understanding of feedbacks in the Earth system and how these are recorded in the sdimentary record
- become familiar with conceptual approaches and quantitative methods in basin analysis, to analyze processes of sedimentation and their controlling factors as well as their variations in the geological past
- develop a deeper subject-specific systematics and the ability to recognize interdisciplinary geoscientific relationships in the Earth System
- acquire the ability to analyze and synthesize modern research questions and to critically analyze, interpret and present data
- Learn to analyze and synthesize modern research questions in surface processes through literature review, presentations, and group discussions.
- Kursleiter*in: Prof. Dr. Maria Mutti
- Kursleiter*in: Ph.D. Benjamin Rendall