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Training Course on Marine Radioactivity at the 2017 Goldschmidt Conference
13 August 2017
Training Course on Marine Radioactivity at the 2017 Goldschmidt Conference
Dates: August 13, 2017
Location: Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP), Paris
A Training Course on Marine Radioactivity will be held in association with the 2017 Goldschmidt Conference at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP), August 13 2017. The event is organized by SCOR 146 Working Group: Radioactivity in the Ocean, 5 decades later (RiO5). The purpose of this course is to train graduate students and young professionals who are interested in or will pursue research or management positions that require a basic understanding of marine radioactivity. The one-day course will include lectures covering the following subjects: An introduction to Radionuclides; Natural, Anthropogenic, and Cosmogenic Radioisotopes and their General Applications in the Marine Environment; and Radioecology. Specific lectures will delve more deeply into specific applications and will include topics such as applications of radionuclides to sediment age dating, submarine groundwater discharge, and biological mediated carbon export.
The registration fee is € 40, which includes all course materials and coffee breaks.
A complete schedule is available to download.