Polar and Alpine Events Calendar
To Monday 08 July 2019
The goal of Antarctichron/Chronothon 2019 workshop is to introduce undergraduate and graduate students to geo- and thermochronology through some applications to the geology of Antarctica (though projects focused on other regions will be considered too). Students will analyze and interpet their own samples and data, in the context of their own research projects. Through both hands-on analyses and interpretations, as well as informal lectures and discussions, students will learn fundamentals of radioisotopic dating, laboratory techniques, analytical instrumentation, basics of thermochronologic modeling, the geology of Antarctica, and each others' research projects. Each student's project during the workshop will focus on a small set of samples to be dated by (U-Th)/He, U/Pb, Ar/Ar, and in some cases, fission-track methods. Ideally, a student's accomplishments at this workshop should complement a larger research project supervised by the student's faculty advisor at his or her home institution.
Further details are available under the following link: https://www.geo.arizona.edu/~reiners/antarctichron_chronothon_2019.htm