Karsten Lorentz
Contact
Email: karsten.lorentz@vuw.ac.nz
Office: CO 531
Qualifications
BSc MSU (2015); MSc VUW (2019)
PhD Candidate in Geochronology and Erosion Mechanics
PhD thesis
Title
Enriching quantitative estimates of alpine bedrock erosion rates through joint OSL-TCN chronometric analysis
Supervisors
Project aim and description
Our research focuses on applying the newly developed OSL-TCN composite chronometer to novel locations in the Southern Alps of New Zealand and the Cascade mountains of the United States of America. Our aims are to explore the sensitivity and detection limits of this technique and investigate modifications of de-trapping rate constant calibrations and sample transect characteristics for incremental improvements in uncertainty. The two sites, while located in opposing hemispheres, share a great number of characteristics and are ideal for testing methodological reproducibility and cross-examining identical paraglacial regions for any potential influences from Holocene global climate variability.