General information
ECORD Summer School 2018 - Sub-seafloor fluid transport and gas hydrate dynamics
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The major goal is to bring PhD students and young Postdocs in touch with IODP at an early stage of their career, inform them about the exciting research within IODP as (I)ODP and DSDP have been proven to be the most successful internationally collaborative research programs in the history of Earth sciences, and to prepare them for future participation in IODP expeditions. Such training will be achieved by taking the summer school participants on a “virtual ship” where they get familiarized with a wide spectrum of state-of-the-art analytical technologies and core description and scanning methods according to the high standards of IODP expeditions. In addition, the thematic topic of the summer school will be reviewed by various scientific lectures by the leading experts in the field.
The ECORD Summer School on “Sub-seafloor fluid transport and gas hydrate dynamics” 2018 will take place from 3 to 14 September 2018 at the MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, Bremen University, Germany. It is organized by Prof. Dr. Dierk Hebbeln, Graduate Dean of the Bremen International Graduate School for Marine Sciences (GLOMAR), Prof. Dr. Gerhard Bohrmann, head of the Marine Geology group at the University of Bremen and Dr. Ursula Röhl, Head of the IODP Bremen Core Repository (BCR).
MARUM and its International Graduate School for Marine Sciences GLOMAR, as well as the BCR jointly offer the unique training possibilities used for this summer school by providing laboratory and seminar facilities.
MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences
The Topic
Seawater circulates through systems of faults, fractures, and other permeable conduits in the crust and redistributes heat and solutes by advection. Due to this process, seawater alters the host rocks, influences the chemical composition of the oceans and forms mineral deposits. Furthermore, water carried by sediments and rocks of the crust into subduction zones affects the strength of the rocks, lubricates the seismically active zones, and influences the magmatic processes of the arc volcanoes. Fluids seeping through sediments in various continental margin settings transport hydrocarbons and concentrate them at migration barriers forming natural reservoirs, often as gas hydrates that are seen as one of the largest reservoirs of organic carbon on Earth.
The major goal is to bring PhD students and young Postdocs in touch with IODP at an early stage of their career, inform them about the exciting research within IODP as (I)ODP and DSDP have been proven to be the most successful internationally collaborative research programs in the history of Earth sciences, and and to prepare them for future participation in IODP expeditions. Such training will be achieved by taking the summer school participants on a “virtual ship” where they get familiarized with a wide spectrum of state-of-the-art analytical technologies and core description and scanning methods according to the high standards of IODP expeditions. In addition, the thematic topic of the summer school will be reviewed by various scientific lectures by the leading experts in the field.
Content
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Venue
Bremen, Germany
Application
Click here to apply: https://www.marum.de/en/education-career/ECORD-training/ECORD-Summer-Schools/ECO...
Cost:
The course fee is 150 Euros and includes: lectures and lecture notes; coffee breaks; social dinner. The fee does not include: travel, meals, accommodation.
Application Procedure:
In order to apply for the ECORD Summer School 2018, please fill in the Online Application Form.
The deadline for applications ends on 4 May 2018.
Successful applicants will be notified by e-mail about admission in June 2018. After receiving the acceptance letter, admitted participants will have to confirm their participation via email and by payment of the course fee.
In case of withdrawal after August 1, 2018, only 50% of the course fee is refunded.
To ensure a most effective training the maximum number of participants will be limited to 30. We aim to comprise a diverse group with participants from all status groups.
Grant Opportunities:
ECORD provides scholarships for students from ECORD member countries to attend ECORD summer schools.
Applications should be sent to the ESSAC Office. Please, see how to apply for an ECORD Scholarship following this link
IMPORTANT: The application for an ECORD Scholarship is independent of the application and registration process to an ECORD Summer School.