TRR 170 Summer School
“Impact processes in the solar system“
June 19 to 22, 2017
Location: Klösterle, Nördlingen, Germany
Topics:
- Geology of Impact Structures and their Deposits
- Physics of Impact Processes: Shock Wavers, Crater Formation and Ejecta Dynamics
- Modeling and Experimental Studies of Impact Processes
- Petrology of Impact Rocks
- Meteorite Parent Body Fragmentation and Breccia Formation
- Isotopic Dating of Impact Rocks
- Geochemical Tracing of Impactor Material
- Dating of Planetary Surfaces by Crater Counting Techniques
- Microscopic Analysis of Shock Effects - Practical
- Field Trip to Outcrops in the Nördlinger Ries Impact Crater
Participation of a limited number of external M.Sc. and Ph.D. students will be possible. Funds to partially offset travel costs are available. Applications should include a motivation letter, CV and a reference letter from a scientist who knows you well. All documents must be combined into a single pdf file. Deadline for applications is March 1st, 2017. Successful applicants will be informed in April.
Late Accretion onto Terrestrial Planets (TRR 170) is a transregional Collaborative Research Center in Planetary Sciences located in Berlin and Münster and funded by the German Research Foundation.
Contact for applications and information:
Ms. Elfrun Lehmann at TRR170 office & coordination trr170-office@geo.fu-berlin.de
