Ann Marie Hirt: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2016

Name Prof. em. Dr. Ann Marie Hirt
FieldGeophysik
Address
Professur für Geophysik
ETH Zürich, NO H 31
Sonneggstrasse 5
8092 Zürich
SWITZERLAND
E-mailann.hirt@erdw.ethz.ch
DepartmentEarth Sciences
RelationshipRetired Adjunct Professor

NumberTitleECTSHoursLecturers
651-4002-00LStratigraphy and Time3 credits2GA. Gilli, P. Brack, H. Bucher, I. Hajdas, K. Hippe, A. M. Hirt, S. Ivy Ochs
AbstractAnalytical methods and concepts for the construction of a geochronological framework, including processes and geological rates.
ObjectiveThe course discusses methodologies for the construction of geochronological timescales, but goes beyound applied chronometry by advancing the understanding of types and rates of geological processes, the causes of contiguous and disjunct stratigraphies, placing of discrete events in temporal order.
ContentAnalytical methods and concepts for the construction of a geochronological framework (Global Standard Section and Point, GSSP), including biostratigraphy, eustatic sea-level variations, radioisotopic dating, cosmogenic isotopes, stable isotope and geochemical correlation, paleomagnetic stratigraphy, and carbon isotope dating.
Lecture notesHandouts
LiteratureDoyle, P. & Bennett, M.R. Editors (1998). Unlocking the stratigraphical record-advances in modern stratigraphy, John Wiley & Sons, 532 p. (useful introduction)
Ogg, J.G., Ogg, G., Gradstein, F.M. 2008. The concise geologic time scale. Cambridge University Press. 177 p. (newest geol. time scale)
Prerequisites / NoticeThe course is taught by a series of specialists on the different topics.
651-4105-00LPalaeomagnetism3 credits2GA. M. Hirt
AbstractThe course will cover geometry of the Earth’s magnetic field at present and in the geologic past, field and laboratory methods, and analysis of paleomagnetic data. Applications of paleomagnetic data will be examined, such as magnetostratigraphy, magnetic anisotropy or how paleomagnetic data can be used in geodynamics or tectonic studies.
ObjectiveTo gain and understanding of how paleomagnetism can be used in study of the Earth
Content1. Earth's magnetic field
2. Magnetic mineralogy
3. Types of remanence
4. Paleomagnetic sampling and tests of stability
5. Analysis of remanent magnetization
6. Statistical analysis of paleomagnetic directions
7. Special topics
Lecture notesAvailable over cifex during the semester