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<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Dear Colleagues,</font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">We would like to draw
your kind attention to the following virtual short course (via
ZOOM) taking place during the 35th IAS Meeting of Sedimentology</font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">SC4: <b>Rock magnetic
methods in sedimentology</b></font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b></b><br>
1 day, June 18, 2021, 9:00–16:00 CEST (UTC + 2)</font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Live virtual course</font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Course leaders:
Anne-Christine da Silva (University of Ličge, Belgium), Balazs
Bradak (Universidad de Burgos, Spain), Jacek Grabowski (Polish
Geological Institute, Poland), František Hrouda (AGICO Ltd. and
Charles University, Czech Republic), Martin Chadima (AGICO Ltd.
and The Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic)<br>
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Price: Full 35 EUR, Student 25 EUR<br>
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<p><b><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Registration is OPEN
till 15th June TO EVERYONE, not exclusively to the IAS2021
participants.</font></font></b></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Short description</font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Over the last few
decades, the use of rock magnetic methods in Earth Sciences has
expanded dramatically. Due to the sensitivity of the
state-of-the-art instruments, the rock magnetic measurements are
nowadays applicable to virtually any rock type, including those
showing magnetism so weak that they are commonly considered as
non-magnetic. The benefits of rock magnetic methods include high
sensitivity, rapidity, ease of sample preparation, non-
destructiveness, the ability to sense grain-size variation. The
objective of this course is to provide an overview of rock
magnetic methods commonly used in sedimentological research. The
course will consist of five blocks covering the following
topics: (1) introduction to rock magnetism and the significance
of magnetic proxy parameters; (2) magnetic fabric of sediments
and its application to decipher flow direction, degree of
vertical compaction and deformation; (3) rock magnetic methods
applied to aeolian sediments and loess/paleosol deposits; (4)
magnetic geochronology studied by polarity-reversal
magnetostratigraphy; (5) magnetic cyclostratigraphy as studied
by astronomically-forced variations on rock magnetic parameters.
The course will be concluded by a practical demonstration of
measurements derived from the case studies.<br>
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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Course info link<br>
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href="https://www.iasprague2021.com/programme/short-courses/"><font
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<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Registration link<br>
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href="https://ias2021.confea.net/en/user-zone"><font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">https://ias2021.confea.net/en/user-zone<br>
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<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font face="Helvetica,
Arial, sans-serif"><br>
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<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font face="Helvetica,
Arial, sans-serif">We kindly invite you to register. Please
contact us if any questions or problems may arise.<br>
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<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font face="Helvetica,
Arial, sans-serif">Best regards,</font></font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font face="Helvetica,
Arial, sans-serif">Martin<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Martin Chadima, PhD
Research Scientist
AGICO, Inc.
Jecna 29a
Brno, CZ62100
Czech Republic
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.agico.com" moz-do-not-send="true">www.agico.com</a></pre>
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