On September 25-26 2008, there is the opportunity to take part in a comprehensive traverse through the Apennines.
This field trip will encompass the whole fold-and-thrust belt, from the Tyrrhenian side to the Po Plain margin.
Topics of interest that will be treated during the field trip
include: metamorphic deformations in the Apuan Alps, analysis of thrust systems in the Apennine chain and Po Plain margin, mud volcanism at the Po Plain-Apennine margin.
NEW FIELD-RIP PHOTOGALLERY:
Apuan Alps panorama
Metamorphic structures,
Apuan Alps
Mud volcano, Southern
margin of the Po Plain
Geological Map:
FIELD-TRIP MAPS:
1.Physiographic features of the Northern Apennines
2.Geological Map
3.Stratigraphy of the Tuscan Units, Pania di Corfino Mt.
4.Stratigraphy of the Tuscan Units, Val di Lima
SPONSORS
University of Florence - Italy
National Research Council of Italy
Ente Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze
ISES Netherlands Research Centre for Integrated Solid Earth Sciences
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