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GeoMinBochum 2026
The GeoMinBochum 2026 Conference „Celebrating Planet Earth“ will be held from
September 20 to 25 2026
by the Faculty of Geography and Geosciences Ruhr-Universität Bochum in collaboration with DVGeo, the German Mining Museum Bochum (DBM), the Fraunhofer Research Institution for Energy Infrastructure and Geochemical Technologies (IEG), the Geological Survey of NRW and the Technische Hochschule Georg Agricola.
Further information can be found here.
Announcement of a Diffusion Shortcourse/Workshop 2026
We are pleased to announce an upcoming shortcourse / workshop on the
Application of diffusion studies to the determination of timescales in geochemistry and petrology (diffusion chronometry / geospeedometry)
The shortcourse will be held at
Institut für Geowissenschaften
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
September 28 to October 02 2026
This course is jointly offered by staff from Ruhr-Universität Bochum and Leibniz Universität Hannover as part of the joint Research Unit FOR 2881.
To maintain the hands-on nature of the course, we expect to restrict the number of participants to around 30, to be given out on a first come first serve basis. Interested participants can express intention to register by sending an email containing a brief paragraph describing their background / reasons for wanting to participate to: maren.kahl@rub.de
Further information can be found on the flyer and here.
Announcement of a Workshop
We would like to draw your attention to a short course on the
Application of diffusion studies to the determination of timescales in geochemistry and petrology (diffusion chronometry / geospeedometry)
Institut für Geowissenschaften
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
October 06-10, 2025
The number of participants is limited to 30 persons on a first come first serve basis. Interested participants can express intention to register by sending an email containing a brief paragraph describing their background / reasons for wanting to participate to: maren.kahl@rub.de
Further information can be found here:

