Geo.X Summer School 2012
Joint Programme
The joint programme is created for all the Summer School participants. Scientists of the Geo.X partner institutions will provide insights into their special research topics with talks and guided tours of their laboratories. The two widespread geoscientific days will complete the Summer School experience in Potsdam.
Monday, 24th September 2012
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, House H
| 09:00 – 10:00 | Registration |
| 10:00 – 11:00 | Welcome and Introduction by R. Hüttl (Speaker of Geo.X), M. Scheck-Wenderoth (GeoEn), S. van Gasselt (PlanetarySciences) and M. Strecker (PROGRESS) |
| 13:00 – 15:00 | Lunch and guided tour of the Telegrafenberg and the Great Refractor |
Tuesday, 25th September 2012
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
| 18:00 | Group Photo and Summer School BBQ |
Thursday, 27th September 2012
University of Potsdam, 3-D Lab
The 3-sided virtual reality Cave at University of Potsdam (3D-lab Golm), which facilitates (1) a fast and smooth data/model transfer from standard geological software (e.g. Visit, MOVE, PETREL, ArcGIS) to the 3-dimensional visualization, and (2) the in-situ modification of models within the visualization cluster by individual users. The lab comprises three 3.84 x 2.4 m screens, two side walls, one floor. The applied 3D stereo technology is active stereo and active Infitec, respectively. Users are tracked with an ART head-, flightstick- and finger-tracking system. At the Summer School we will offer guided tours to the 3D-lab. We will present visualizations of relevant data and diagrams of the research projects GeoEn, PlanetarySciences and PROGRESS.
| 09:00 – 10:00 10:00 – 11:00 11:00 – 12:00 12:00 – 13:00 13:00 – 14:00 14:00 – 15:00 | Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 |
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Remote Sensing
| 09:00 – 11:00 | Lecture Imaging Spectroscopy and InSAR - Advanced Techniques for Earth Observation (H. Kaufmann) Accurate, quantitative information on the state and evolution of terrestrial ecosystems is needed to support environmental monitoring, analysis and resource management. The lecture addresses the physical principles, methods of pre-processing, modelling and parameter retrieval as well as sensor design studies against the background of various applications. |
| 11:30 – 13:00 | Lecture Planetary Remote Sensing (St. van Gasselt) Remote sensing is one integral part of planetary exploration and reconnaissance and makes use of methods established for earth-oriented observations from air- and spacecraft missions. Due to the variety of solar-system bodies in terms of geophysical, atmospheric and surface properties as well as orbital configurations, unique active as well as passive remote-sensing methods have been developed and are employed in planetary orbits. The lecture provides a short introduction to the methodology and to future perspectives in the context of planetaryexploration. |
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
SIMS – Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
| 14:00 – 16:00 | Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry -SIMS LabTutorial (M. Wiedenbeck) This LabTutorial is a short version of the five day SIMS workshop in October 2012. See here for more information. |
Friday, 28th September 2012
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
SIMS – Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
| 09:00 – 13:00 | SIMS Laboratory and Lecture (M. Wiedenbeck) Continuation from Thursday |
Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Dating
| 09:00 - 11:00 | Dates and rates of terrestrial Earth surface processes (F. von Blanckenburg) Very rare cosmogenic isotopes are produced permanently at the Earth surface by exposure to cosmic rays. These nuclides serve as a "clock" to determine rates of erosion and dates of Quaternary landforms. In the lecture the basic principles, analytical techniques, and some of the most prominent applications in Earth surface processes will be presented. |
| 11:30 – 13:00 | Age Dating of extraterrestrial Surfaces (T. Platz) The lecture on extraterrestrial age dating provides insights into the background and methodology of geologic mapping and age determinations of planetary surfaces by means of impact-crater size-frequency statistics. This method represents the only possibility to provide a relative and absolute age context through remote-sensing image data. |