Summer School on Speleothem Science
The “Summer School on Speleothem Science” is aimed at an international audience in order to meet the expressed needs of the young scientists in the speleothem research community and provide a comprehensive overview of the most current and innovative techniques. Attendants will be exposed to new methods currently being developed by high-profile senior researchers, and will expand their knowledge on traditional methods (such as speleothem δ18O or δ13C time-series).
Lectures held by experts in the field of speleothem research will be combined with discussions and seminars on a range of relevant speleothem related topics, providing a lively and comprehensive Summer School. Practical exercises and experiments will also be held. The Summer School will host poster sessions where the young scientists can present their work to discuss and troubleshoot the challenges of their own research.
Due to their high potential as climate recorders, international research is now focusing on speleothems and new proxy methods are being developed to better reconstruct absolute palaeo-temperature and palaeo-rainfall records, which is of particular interest to climate modellers. Moreover, they are currently being used to gain insights into other variations of climate such as changes in rainfall sources, seasonality, or precipitation regimes (e.g. Bar-Matthews et al., 1999; Fairchild et al., 2001; Baldini et al., 2002; Ayalon et al., 2002; Johnson et al., 2006; Spötl et al., 2006; Orland et al 2009; 2012). Speleothem proxy-records can provide data of excellent quality to climate reconstructions and thereby increase the reliability of future climate models. Therefore, it is crucial that researchers improve the coverage of this terrestrial palaeoclimate archive, particularly at low latitudes.
For more information, visit www.speleothem2013.uni-hd.de
Veranstalter:
Prof. Werner Aeschbach-Hertig
Institut für Umweltphysik
Universität Heidelberg
Im Neuenheimer Feld 229
69120 Heidelberg
Telefon: +49 (0) 06221 54 6350
E-Mail: werner.aeschbach-hertig@iup.uni-heidelberg.de
Prof. Augusto Mangini
Institut für Umweltphysik
Universität Heidelberg
Im Neuenheimer Feld 229
69120 Heidelberg
Telefon: +49 (0) 06221 54 6350
E-Mail: augusto@mangini@iup.uni-heidelberg.de
Kontakt:
Sophie Winterhalder
Institut für Umwelphysik
Im Neuenheimer Feld 229
69120 Heidelberg
Telefon: +49 (0) 06221 54 6336
E-Mail: Sophie.Winterhalder@iup.uni-heidelberg.de
