Meetings
Pedogenesis Workshop 2019 in Belgium
Pedogenesis Workshop 2019 in Belgium, 1-7 August 2019, INQUA QUASAP Focus Group
Pedogenesis Workshop 2019 in Belgium
Pedogenesis Workshop 2019 in Belgium, 1-7 August 2019, INQUA QUASAP Focus Group
Ghent University (Belgium)
01 Aug 2019 - 07 Aug 2019
Dates
Aug 1st - 7th, 2019
Venue
Ghent University, (Belgium)
Summary
Pedogenesis Workshop 2019 in Belgium
The workshop will take place in Belgium on 1-7 August 2019, directly after the
INQUA Congress in Dublin. It is organized by Peter Finke (Ghent University).
The workshop fee is 825 € per person. I will cover 6 overnight stays in a basic hotel,
dinner, refreshments, sandwhich lunches and transport on the four workshop days.
Pre-registration is now open!
If you plan to attend, please send a short e-mail for pre-registration to
[email protected] latest until March 27.
Your pre-registration is important, because we need at least 10 pre-registrations to
carry out the workshop. The decision GO / NO GO will be communicated on April 1.
TRAVEL
GRANTS
We received INQUA funds that enable us to offer:
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2 travel grants à 1000 Euros for colleagues from low-income countries /
overseas PhD students and
- 3 travel grants à 650 Euros for European young researchers.
for a presentation at the workshop to [email protected]
Abstracts for workshop presentations can be submitted latest until June 1.
Please, send your abstract (1 page, 11 pt Arial, single spacing, 2.5 cm margins) to
[email protected]
1. Interaction
between participants through workshop presentations on soils and paleosols.
2. Several excursion days, with a focus on the relations
between the soil forming factors and the field soil, by looking at soils
developed in various parent materials, in different topographic positions and
also some paleosols. Most of the soils are well-documented (physical and
chemical analyses, mineralogy, and in some cases thin sections).
3.
Some of the soils that we will observe will also be
modelled. We will do this in a PC-workshop format, building the required model
inputs (parent material, climate, vegetation, topography) and evaluating
results of model runs. The discussion will focus on the additional value of modelling
relative to field observations, missing model functionality and possibilities,
etc..
Preliminary workshop program
Thursday, 1 August
06 pm - 09 pm: reception and appetizers
Friday, 2 August
09 am - 12 pm: Indoor workshop with presentations of participants and discussion
01 pm - 05 pm: Field workshop,
soils developed in variable parent materials (periglacial relics)
Saturday, 3 August
09 am - 12 pm: Field workshop, Holocene soils in variable parent materials
01 pm - 06 pm: Indoor modelling
workshop, modelling soil genesis as a function of parent material
Sunday, 4 August
Free day for individual visits of Ghent, Bruges, Antwerp, etc.
Monday, 5 August
09 am - 11 am: Indoor workshop with presentations of participants and discussion
12 pm - 05 pm: Field workshop,
man-influenced soils and paleosols in cover sands
Tuesday, 6 August
09 am - 12 pm: Field workshop, paleosols in cover sands and loess
12 pm - 05 pm: Field workshop, loess soils and topography
Wednesday, 7 August
09 am - 14 pm: Indoor modelling workshop, modelling loess soils and paleosols
14 pm - 18 pm: Continued interaction, departure