On the first day of the course we will learn about basic concepts of radiocarbon and earth system science, in particular the global carbon cycle, how to report radicarbon measurements, how to date organic material, and applications for tree-ring research.

Day schedule

9:00-10:00, Radiocarbon in ecology and Earth system science | Susan Trumbore

10:00-10:30, Coffee break

10:30-11:30, Radiocarbon nomenclature | Xiaomei Xu

11:30-12:30, Accelerator Mass Spectrometry of Radiocarbon | Axel Steinhof

12:30-13:30, Lunch break

13:30-14:00, Problem set 1 | Susan Trumbore

14:00-15:00, Tree rings and radiocarbon | Lukas Wacker

15:00-15:30, Coffee break

15:30-17:00, Practical lab | Axel Steinhof, Jan Muhr, Valerie Schwab, Susan Trumbore

Lectures

You can find all lectures from the day in the links below

Lecture name	Instructor	Download link
Radiocarbon in ecology and Earth system science	Susan Trumbore
Radiocarbon nomenclature	Xiaomei Xu
Acceleretor Mass Spectrometry	Axel Steinhoff
Tree rings	Lukas Wacker

Lab groups

Here’s the assignment of the lab groups:

• Accelerator tour lab: Red group
• Gas and soil sampling: Green group
• Combustion lab: Blue group
• Sample preparation, HPLC and GC prep: Yellow group

Problem set 1

Now you can test what you learn on monday lectures. We prepared a problem set for you to solve. The problem and additional data to work on the solution are in the files below:

• Problem set 1 description

• Tree data in excel , and in csv .

• Answers to problem set 1: