GSGS Summer School on Dates and Rates of Change in the Quaternary
21-27 August 2016
Convenors: Tibor Dunai and Georgina King
Organisation: Karin Boessenkool
For PhD candidates, postdoctoral researchers and advanced master's students in geosciences
The aim of this summer school was to provide an in-depth introduction into main dating tools and quantitative rate measures of processes that are used in Quaternary Sciences.
We thank all participants and lecturers for their contributions to this lively event.
The full report of the summer school is available here.
Lecturers
Lecturers:
Peter Abbott, Swansea, UK
Tibor Dunai, Cologne, D
Ascelina Hasberg, Cologne, D
Janna Just, Cologne, D
Georgina King, Cologne, D
Stephanie Kusch, Cologne, D
Benedikt Ritter, Cologne, D
Rachel Smedley, Aberystwyth, UK
Finlay Stuart, Glasgow and SUERC, UK
Jasmijn van 't Hoff, Cologne, D
Finn Viehberg, Cologne, D
Volker Wennrich, Cologne, D
Topics and Methods
Topics include:
absolute ages and relative dates -
sediment ages - deposition rates – erosion – denudation – uplift – exposure and burial ages
Methods covered are:
Ar/Ar-dating | cosmogenic nuclides | luminescence dating | palaeolimnology | palaeomagnetism | (compound-specific) radiocarbon dating | tephrochronology
Programme
Click here to download the programme.
Costs
For everyone who is accepted as a participant, attendance of this workshop is free of charge. The costs are covered by the Graduate School of Geosciences, University of Cologne.
Included are:
- lodging in shared accomodation (with fellow summer school attendants) at Burg Blankenheim Youth Hostel
- Bed linen
- Full board (all meals and the drinks provided during the summer school programme breaks)
- Excursion (transport, lunch package)
Not included are:
- Your personal travel to and from your home address to the location
- Evening drinks (payable in cash)
- Towels (bring your own!)
NB: For cancellations of confirmed participants after 24 July 2016 costs may apply.
Guidelines for applications
To apply for a space on this summer school, send a motivation letter and your CV as a single pdf-document to gsgs-drcq2016
uni-koeln.de
by the application deadline.
Please let us know where/how you heard about this event.
Master's students should include a support letter from their advisor/supervisor.
A limited number of travel grants is available; applicants, particularly those from outside Germany, can request a travel grant in their initial application. See further details below under "Summer School Travel Grants".
Summer School Travel Grants
A limited number of travel grants is available, especially for participants from outside Germany.
You can apply for a travel grant by clearly stating so in your motivation letter. Let us know where you would be traveling from/to if this is different from your contact address.
If you are a master's student or a doctoral candidate (PhD student) and you apply for a travel grant, include a short support statement from your advisor/supervisor in your application.
We cannot guarantee that all funds applied for will be granted. Travel grants can be capped based on the flat rates as defined in the regulations of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), column ("Reisekostenpauschalen").
Further arrangements regarding reimbursement of travel costs will be made after a candidate has been accepted for participation.
Selection process
Selection process was completed and all invitees contacted by the end of June 2016.
Further Information
The Youth Hostel staff will try to accomodate dietary requirements (e.g. vegetarian, food allergies). Please let us know your preferences when your participation has been confirmed.
For questions, contact gsgs-drcq2016uni-koeln.de
Arrival Information
address: Jugendherberge (Youth Hostel) Burg Blankenheim, Burg 1, 53945 Blankenheim, Germany
phone: +49 2449 9509-0
To plan your journey, also check the information of the Youth Hostel:
http://burg-blankenheim.jugendherberge.de/en/Arrival
From Cologne main station (“Köln Hbf”) to Blankenheim (Wald)
A single fare train ticket from Köln Hbf costs 11.30 € (If you are travelling in a group: also DayTickets for 5 people are available, costing 35.90 €)
All tickets are available at the ticket vending machines at the train station.
More information about timetables here and on https://www.bahn.de/p_en/view/index.shtml
From Frankfurt International Airport – FRA (“Frankfurt a. M. Flughafen”)
If you travel from Frankfurt International Airport it is recommendable to get a ticket in advance.
From Leverkusen Mitte, get a train to Blankenheim (Wald) and change trains at Köln Hbf. A single fare train ticket costs 11.30 €. All tickets are available at the ticket vending machines at the train station. More information about timetables here: https://www.bahn.de/p_en/view/index.shtml
From Cologne/Bonn Airport – CGN (“Köln/ Bonn Flughafen”)
get a train to Blankenheim (Wald) and change trains at Köln Hbf. A single fare train ticket costs 11.30 €. All tickets are available at the ticket vending machines at the train station. More information about timetables here: https://www.bahn.de/p_en/view/index.shtml
From Düsseldorf Airport – DUS (“Düsseldorf Flughafen”)
get a train to Blankenheim (Wald) and change trains at Köln Hbf. A single fare train ticket costs 20-30 €. All tickets are available at the ticket vending machines at the train station. More information about timetables here: https://www.bahn.de/p_en/view/index.shtml
In Blankenheim (Wald) we will offer a free shuttle bus to the Youth Hostel on Sunday 21st August in connection with the trains arriving between 12:32 and 18:32 h.
If you arrive on Friday 19th, make your own reservation for the 19th and 20th with the Youth Hostel. You can take bus number 832 in the direction Ahrdorf and get off at the bus stop "Blankenheim Busbf" (=Blankenheim bus station). From there, it is about 1km (13 minutes) on foot to the youth hostel. see https://goo.gl/maps/gMaURwwxYh42 for a map.
Make sure to check the time table: https://ekapweb.vrsinfo.de/uploads/tx_ekap/linien/mini-fahrplan/2016_832-832.pdf (first page). These busses only run between 10:41 and 18:41 with a(n) (two-)hourly service! A small telephone horn at the top of the column means that you have to reserve the bus at least 30 minutes in advance using the "TaxiBusPlus" number at the top.
For the very fit: on foot, the way from the railway station to the Youth Hostel is just over an hour's going: see https://goo.gl/maps/VvHoE7LPUfT2 for a map.
If you arrive on Saturday 20th, there are no regular busses running (only TaxiBusPlus, which you have to reserve in advance (see information with Friday arrivals). Contact the organisers (drcq2016@uni-koeln.de) to discuss the options.
Timetable for the way back: Youth Hostel - Blankenheim (Wald) by bus number 832 (see second page):
https://ekapweb.vrsinfo.de/uploads/tx_ekap/linien/mini-fahrplan/2016_832-832.pdf
