As a part of the CODENET TMR program two short
courses will be help at the ETH in Zurich. These courses are not only open
to all CODENET participants but also to other nannofossil workers. If you
want to participate please email.
CODENET SHORT COURSE at ETHZ: CALCAREOUS NANNOFOSSILS
(Prof Katharina
v. Salis, Dr J. Bollmann)
Monday, 5. - Friday, 9. October 1998
Program suggestions:
The program is flexibel and can be adapted to the needs and wishes
of the participants. We propose the following topics and are open to additional
ones.
Jörg Bollmann
Use of SEM and Image analysis
Preparation methods for quantitative analyses (coccoliths/g sed.)
Katharina von Salis
Light microscope study of fossil representatives of Coccolithaceae
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Coccolithus pelagicus
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Calcidiscus leptoporus
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Umbilicosphaera sibogae
Helicosphaeraceae
Prinsiaceae
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Emiliania huxleyi
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Gephyrocapsa
Syracosphaera
Content:
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preparation of simple smearslides
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Recognising reworked specimens: short introduction to the most often reworked
Tertiary and Cretaceous species that you may encounter in Holocene sediment
samples
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Preservation of coccolithophorids >> fossil assemblages
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Biostratigraphical markers in the Cretaceous and the Cenozoic
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fossil species considered ãcoldä and ãwarmä
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fossil species considered to indicate oligotrophic to eutrophic conditions
CODENET SHORT COURSE at ETHZ: Scanning Electron Microscopy
and Microanalysis
(Dr K. Kunze, Dr
J. Bollmann)
Monday, 12. - Friday, 16. Oktober 1998
Objectives:
Introduction to scanning electron microscopy and microanalysis for
earth scientists. Gain practical experience in application and operation
of a SEM. The course is intended for graduate students and post-graduate
researchers, who want to apply SEM techniques in their research. Participants
are invited to bring their own samples for analysis.
Content:
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Design and basic operation modes of a scanning electron microscope.
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Methods and applications for imaging (SE, BSE, FSE, AE, CL),
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X-ray spectroscopy (EDX),
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electron diffraction (EBSD, channeling, orientation imaging).
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Quantitative image analysis and morphometry.
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Sample preparation techniques.
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Practical exercises
Literature:
Reed: Electron microprobe analysis and scanning electron microscopy
in geology. Cambridge University Press (1996).
Schmidt: Praxis der Rasterelektronenmikroskopie und Mikrobereichsanalyse.
Expert.Verlag Renningen-Malmsheim (1994).
Reimer, Pfefferkorn: Rasterelektronenmikroskopie. Springer Berlin
(1973).
Goldstein et al: Scanning electron microskopy and X-ray analysis.
Plenum Press New York London (1981).