3 August 2017
Impacts and their Role in the Evolution of Life
Apart from lectures, poster presentations, student-led discussions and excursions to geologically interesting sites several practical exercises including
• Search for meteorite fragments
• Microscopy of pollen in order to assess the ecological consequences of impacts
• Petrographic microscopy of impactites
• Electrometric and georadar mapping of impact sites
• Excavation into the boundary layer between the ejecta blanket and the glacial till
as well as excursions to other geologically interesting sites are planned.The website for the summer school can be found on the right hand side of this page.
Deadline for applications in the 30th April 2017. Please forward this announcement possibly interested students and early career scientists.
Bursaries are available for students and scientists from the Universities of Tartu, Turku, Tallinn, Vilnius, Porto, Utrecht, Bordeaux, Iceland, Stockholm and the Open University.
Course leader
Wolf D. Geppert Stockholm University
Target group
Graduate students and early carreer scientists
Course aim
This school will give attendees a thorough introduction into impacts, impactors, and the role of impacts in the evolution of life.
Credits info
3 EC
No credits are given automatically, the organisers will only recommend to home institutions to award 3.0 ECTS points to attendees.
Fee info
EUR 700: Please check the course website for details about the fees.
Scholarships
Bursaries are available for students and scientists from the Universities of Tartu, Turku, Tallinn, Vilnius, Porto, Utrecht, Bordeaux, Iceland, Stockholm and the Open University.