The Nordic cosmogenic nuclide community has developed a legacy of being at the forefront of cosmogenic nuclide applications in glacial settings. This encompasses research on the history and dynamics of glaciers and past ice sheets (including Scandinavia, Svalbard, Russia, Greenland), landscape development in formerly glaciated regions (global), and geohazards (e.g. age and frequency of rock avalanches). Both Bergen (Norway) and Aarhus (Denmark) now have preparation facilities for cosmogenic nuclides in rock and sediment samples, and Trondheim (Norway), Aarhus (Denmark) and Uppsala (Sweden) have in-house capability to perform nuclide measurements.
Recognising the emerging strength of the Nordic Cosmogenic Nuclide community, as well as the potential for close and innovative international research collaboration, the 1st Nordic Workshop on Cosmogenic Nuclide Techniques was organised by the Norwegian Geological Survey (NGU) in Trondheim in 2012.
Following the success of the first workshop, Aarhus University hosted a 2nd workshop in 2014, and Stockholm University the 3rd in 2016, with the theme ‘Celebrating 30 years of counting cosmogenic atoms‘.
Despite being labelled ‘Nordic’, the workshop has had an international appeal with participants coming from all over the world. This reflects that fact that currently these are the the only dedicated meeting point for the international Cosmogenic Nuclide community, and we welcome participants from across the world interested in cosmogenic nuclides to Norway in 2018. For this 4th iteration the theme ‘Landscape development and geohazards‘ is inspired by the workshop location, the western Norwegian fjords.