651-4341-00L  Source to Sink Sedimentary Systems

SemesterHerbstsemester 2020
DozierendeM. Lupker, S. Willett, L. Bröder, T. I. Eglinton
Periodizitätjährlich wiederkehrende Veranstaltung
LehrspracheEnglisch



Lehrveranstaltungen

NummerTitelUmfangDozierende
651-4341-00 GSource to Sink Sedimentary Systems
Field excursion (3 days, 25., 26. & 27th of September)
28s Std.
Mo/114:15-16:00NO E 39 »
Do/110:15-12:00NO E 39 »
25.09.08:15-10:00NO C 6 »
M. Lupker, S. Willett, L. Bröder, T. I. Eglinton

Katalogdaten

KurzbeschreibungThe transfer and redistribution of mass and chemical elements at the Earth’s surface is controlled by a wide range of processes that will affect the magnitude and nature of fluxes exported from continental fluvial systems. This course addresses the production, transport, and deposition of sediments from source to sink and their interaction with biogeochemical cycles.
LernzielThis course aims at integrating different earth science disciplines (geomorphology, geochemistry, and tectonics) to gain a better understanding of the physical and biogeochemical processes at work across the sediment production, routing, and depositional systems. It will provide insight into how it is actually possible to “see a world in a grain of sand” by taking into account the cascade of physical and chemical processes that shaped and modified sediments and chemical elements from their source to their sink.
InhaltLectures will introduce the main source to sink concepts and cover physical and biogeochemical processes in upland, sediment producing areas (glacial and periglacial processes; mass movements; hillslopes and soil processes/development; critical zone biogeochemical processes).

Field excursion (3 days, likely 4, 5 & 6 October, to be confirmed): will cover the upper Rhone from the Rhone glacier to the Rhone delta in Lake Geneva) as small scale source-to-sink system.
Practicals comprise two problem sets as well as a small autonomous project on the Rhone catchment based on samples collected during the field trip.
SkriptLecture notes are provided online during the course. They summarize the current subjects week by week and provide the essential theoretical background.
LiteraturSuggested references :

- Sediment routing systems: the fate of sediments from Source to Sink by Philip A. Allen (Cambridge University Press)
- Principles of soilscape and landscape evolution by Garry Willgoose (Cambridge University Press)
- Geomorphology, the mechanics and chemistry of landscapes by Robert S. Anderson & Suzanne P. Anderson (Cambridge University Press)

Leistungskontrolle

Information zur Leistungskontrolle (gültig bis die Lerneinheit neu gelesen wird)
Leistungskontrolle als Semesterkurs
ECTS Kreditpunkte3 KP
PrüfendeM. Lupker, L. Bröder, T. I. Eglinton, S. Willett
Formbenotete Semesterleistung
PrüfungsspracheEnglisch
RepetitionRepetition ohne erneute Belegung der Lerneinheit möglich.
Zusatzinformation zum PrüfungsmodusPresentation during field excursion (30%) and project on Rhone dataset (70%)

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Einschränkungen

PlätzeMaximal 16
WartelisteBis 18.09.2020

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