12-15 August 2013
NMMU Summerstrand South Campus
Africa/Johannesburg timezone

Short course topics

DAY1: 12 August
  • Introduction to and connections to Earth Stewardship Science (0.25 days) - Maarten de Wit, AEON: NMMU
  • Mantle dynamics and Kimberlite emplacement (0.5 days) - David Bell, ASU
  • Magnetotelluric investigations of the mantle and intrusives (0.25 days) - Christoffel Fourie, TUT

DAY2: 13 August
  • Geophysical targeting and detection of kimberlites and characterization of the critical zone (0.5 days) - Moctar Doucouré, AEON: NMMU
  • Low‐temperature thermochronometry – general background and technique (0.5 days) - Rebecca Flowers, University of Colorado

DAY3: 14 August
  • Low‐temperature thermochronometry - applications to erosion of the crust, Kimberlites, and the critical zone (0.75 days) - Rebecca Flowers, University of Colorado
  • Cosmogenic dating of the critical zone and climatically influenced denudation rates of the southern African plateau (0.25 days) - John Decker, PASA;  Maarten de Wit, AEON: NMMU

DAY4: 15 August
  • The critical zone and remote sensing applications to soil degradation and land use (0.25 days) - Vincent Kakembo, ACE: NMMU
  • Critical Zone and Geoecodynamics (0.5 days) - Fenton Cotterill, AEON: US
  • Wrap‐up and future developments(0.25 days) - Maarten de Wit, AEON: NMMU