Absolute Dating Techniques Course
Gain mastery in absolute dating methods to create reliable geological timelines. Explore radiocarbon, luminescence, U-Pb, Ar-Ar, and tephrochronology techniques, integrate results from multiple methods, and minimize uncertainties in practical geography and geology applications. This course equips you with essential tools for accurate age determination in diverse geological settings.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This course provides practical skills for confidently dating basalts, fluvial sands, tuffs, lake sediments, shelter deposits, and granitoids. You will learn to select and apply K-Ar, Ar-Ar, U-Pb, radiocarbon, luminescence, fission-track, and (U-Th)/He methods appropriately, prevent sampling and lab mistakes, validate results through cross-checking, and construct reliable chronological frameworks with precise uncertainty assessments.
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Develop skills
- Design multi-method dating strategies using optimal radiocarbon, Ar-Ar, U-Pb, and OSL techniques.
- Properly collect and process samples like charcoal, bones, ash, basalts, and sediments.
- Identify and fix dating issues such as contamination, reworking, diagenesis, and inheritance.
- Develop strong chronologies by combining stratigraphy, paleomagnetism, and Bayesian models.
- Clearly quantify and report age uncertainties for professional geochronology tasks.
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