Geochronology Summer School in Morteratsch, Switzerland 2025
Markus Egli
Dear colleagues,
it is our pleasure to announce the
16th International Geochronology Summer School:
Dating techniques in environmental research
Date: August 31 – September 4, 2025
Location: Morteratsch (Switzerland)
Webinfo: http://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/gch/geochronologysummerschool.html
Topics to be covered in lectures, excursions and workshops include dating techniques such as numerical methods
(radiocarbon, exposure dating with cosmogenic nuclides, OSL, 137Cs, 210Pb, etc.), dendrochronology, anthracology, archaeomagnetic dating, palaeolimnology, as well as relative methods like soil weathering and Schmidt-hammer technique.
List of Lecturers:
Holger Gärtner (WSL), Paolo Cherubini (WSL), Markus Egli (University of Zurich), Dmitry Tikhomirov (University of Zurich), Dennis Dahms (University of Northern Iowa), Irka Hajdas (ETH Zurich), Evdokia Tema (University of Torino), Elena Serra (University of Freiburg i.Br.), Nathalie Dubois (EAWAG) and others.
The Summer School is open to young researchers (PhD students and Post-Docs) worldwide.
Participation is competitive and will be limited to a maximum of 20.
The registration fee (800 CHF) includes accommodation (room sharing required),
half board and lunch, field trips and teaching material.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 30 April 2025
Registration: http://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/gch/geochronologysummerschool/registration.html
Geochronology
Soil and Landscape Dynamics
Department of Geography
University of Zurich
Winterthurerstrasse 190
CH-8057 Zurich
Switzerland
Tel: + 41 44 635 51 14
e-mail: marku...@geo.uzh.ch