Schedule


The course will include in class lectures and hands-on experiments in the laboratory equipped with a variety of measurement tools. Subjects to be covered include natural, anthropogenic, and cosmogenic radioisotopes in marine environments; radioanalytical methods; and tracer and dating techniques.

Time

Content of lecture (practical)

Lecturer(s)

Day 0   June 7, 2016 Tuesday

Arrival in Xiamen and onsite registration

13:00-18:30

Registration in Ling Bo Wan Hotel

18:40

Icebreaker with lecture by Andy Johnson (19:15-19:45)

in Faculty Club

Day 1     June 8, 2016 Wednesday, A3-206 Lecture Hall

(*All lectures include >10 min Q+A)

9:00-10:30

Overview talk 1: Basics of radioactivity

Claudia Benitez-Nelson

10:30-10:50

Tea break

10:50-12:20

Overview talk 2: Introduction to marine radioactivity

Ken O. Buesseler

12:30-14:00

Lunch break

14:00-15:30

Overview talk 3: Radio isotopes as tracers in the sea

Pere Masqué

15:30-15:50

Tea break

15:50-17:20

Overview talk 4: Impact of radionuclides on marine ecosystem

Sabine Charmasson

17:20-17:40

Discussion

 

17:40

Group photo

 

18:00

Dinner

 

Day2  June 9, 2016 Thursday, A3-206 Lecture Hall

9:00-10:00

Specific lecture in marine radioactivity 1: Applications of artificial and natural radionuclides

John Smith

10:00-11:00

Overview of database in radioactivity and data management

Paul Morris

11:00-11:20

Tea break

11:20-12:20

Methods in marine radioactivity and instrumentation

Michio Aoyama (others) & Willard S. Moore (RaDeCC)

12:30-14:00

Lunch break

14:00-18:00

Lab Practicals:

Group 1: Alpha & RaDeCC

Group 2: Beta & Gamma

Group 3: RaDeCC & Alpha

Group 4: Gamma & Beta

Alpha: Michio Aoyama & Weifeng Yang

Beta: Ken Buesseler & Qing Li

RaDeCC: Claudia Benitez-Nelson & Willard S. Moore

Gamma: Pere Masqué & Guizhi Wang

18:30

Dinner

Faculty Club

Day 3  June 10, 2016 Friday, A3-206 Lecture Hall

9:00-10:00

Specific lecture in marine radioactivity 2: Applications to biological pump studies

Minhan Dai

10:00-11:00

Specific lecture in marine radioactivity 3:

Applications to sediment dating

Pere Masqué

11:00-11:20

Tea break

11:20-12:20

Specific lecture in marine radioactivity 4:

Applications to submarine groundwater discharge studies

Willard S. Moore

12:20-13:30

Lunch break

13:30-14:00

MC-ICP-MS demo (in MS center)

Zhimian Cao

14:00-18:00

Lab Practicals:

Group 1: Beta & Gamma

Group 2: Alpha & RaDeCC

Group 3: Gamma & Beta

Group 4: RaDeCC & Alpha

Alpha: Michio Aoyama & Weifeng Yang

Beta: Ken Buesseler& Qing Li

RaDeCC: Claudia Benitez-Nelson& Willard Moore

Gamma: Pere Masqué & Guizhi Wang

18:00-18:30

Closing

 

19:00-

Workshop Dinner

Swiss International Hotel