Educational guide 2023_24 Facultade de Ciencias do Mar

Methodologies

	Description
Lecturing	Lectures on the 7 topics of the program. Coverage of the topics will be flexible to address questions and issues that may arise over the duration of the course. Some lectures will be given by (foreigner) guest lecturers and done by remote-connection.
Laboratory practical	They illustrate those methods and protocols that are commonly used to generate sedimentological, geophysical, and/or geochemical data from deep-sea sediment cores. Laboratory practicals will centre on: (1) foraminifera as proxies os past ocean conditions; (2) the topic climate sensitivity based on palaeoclimate data; and (3) on the methods of magnetism applied to palaeoclimate research. Attendance is mandatory.
Presentation	Oral presentations on topics that are related to those addressed during the lectures.
Seminars	Additional presentations centred on specific, timely topics within the wider fields of palaeoclimatology and paleoceanography (patterns of palaeoclimate change, palaeoclimate proxies, ocean-atmosphere interactions, palaeoclimate variability). Attendance is mandatory.