Hands-on experience with chalk and a different approach to learning created a good foundation for the DHRTC summer school students when they visited Stevns Klint on Wednesday 8 August. Senior researcher from GEUS, Peter Frykman planned the trip, and guided the students around the area as he taught them about the chalk reservoir analogue, and bryozoan mounds at Stevns Klint.
The students at the DHRTC summer school agrees that it is always a good idea to get practical, hands-on experience when you are learning about new things. That is why the students went on a field trip on Wednesday 8 August, to the beautiful Stevns Klint and the area that surrounds the cliffs.
Senior researcher from GEUS, Peter Frykman guided the students on the trip, where the main purpose was to study the many different layers of chalk that Stevns Klint consists of.
“When you are sitting in a classroom at a lecture, it can often be difficult to learn about the different aspects of chalk, but when you are out in the field touching the chalk yourself, it makes it less abstract”, tells Marie Steen from Aarhus University.
During the day, where the Danish summer showed itself from its best and worst sides, stops where made at different locations to examine the impressing scenery. First, the students experienced Højerup Church and had a look at Stevns Klint from above, before heading down to the waterside to look at the Maastrichtian‐Danian succession and the uppermost Maastrichtian chalk. “It was fun to get hands-on experience with the chalk”, says student Sofie Nitsche Gottfredsen from DHRTC, who adds that she does not have a background in geology, but still found the day to be educational.
The students, who have different nationalities, also experienced classic Danish food, smørrebrød, before they took a swim in the ocean to cool down in the 30 degrees weather. The trip ended at Boesdal Quarry after a walk along the gravel beach at Boesdal, where the students inspected the architecture of the bryozoan mounds. Although the trip included several hardcore climbs over rocks and pieces of chalk, the mood remained high in the group as the bus headed home for DTU.
DHRTC Summer School continues throughout week 32 at DTU. Next week it will move to Aalborg University Esbjerg, before it ends on 18 August.
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