1st Workshop “BASE-LiNE Earth” getting started: “What do we know about the ocean water history?”; TM 1&2

The first task of this kickoff meeting is to set the scientific stage for BASELiNE Earth through introductory lectures on all its WP goals ESRs supervisors and all scientists involved in BASELiNE Earth will participate in a comprehensive discussion on modeling and prediction of modern and future ocean and climate conditions and the role of past climate conditions and carbonates diagenesis for hydrocarbon exploration Participants will gain knowledge on box modeling and quantitative approaches to data handling This activity involving world experts in the field ensures comparison of emerging and established data A keynote lecture on The Present Knowledge of Phanerozoic Seawater Evolution will be given by invited scientist Prof Adina Paytan from the University Santa Cruz CA USA Mrs Paytan is an expert in the field of trace metal cycling and is involved in various policymaking bodies In addition to workshops and oral presentations there will be presentations and demonstrations of trace metal and isotope measurements at the GEOMAR massspectrometer facilitiesInvolvement of the nonacademic partners in the 1st workshop will follow the guidelines as outlined in section Role of the nonacademic in the training programme and in the annex Complementary courses concerning Getting started with the PhD Setting Compass as well as a course in Good Scientific Practice Norms and values will be held for all ESRs The meeting will be held at the GEOMAR organized by A Eisenhauer and will benefit from conference rooms of various sizes which are equipped with all necessary technical facilities