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F1. Exhumation of the West Pelagonian
margin and Pindos basin emplacement
Leader: Anne Rassios (GR)
This three-day field trip visits
key localities of the Pelagonian core complex, rifting sequences along
the west Pelagonian margin, and emplacement zone of the Vourinos
ophiolite onto Pelagonia.
Day 1. Leave Thessaloniki. Visit
“drive-in” metamorphic core complex from schist through gneiss through
migmatite zones; features ductile normal fault near Polyfyto. The area
also allows viewing the giant cross-beds and Pleistocene glacial (?)
deposits of Imera and allows a short walk across the Serbian Fault.
Day 2. A cross-section of the
Vourinos ophiolite with visits focused on structural diversity
including: ridgecrest structures,
primary mantle structures, magmatic-tectonite structures, ductile to
brittle emplacement structures. Some of these stops will be at chrome
ore localities. The emplacement zone with ophiolitic serpentine in situ
above amphibolite and garnet amphibolite sole can be visited.
Day 3. From the
phyllitic margin of the Pelagonian ribbon continent, the trip will cross
into schist with “Pangaea” rifting sequence sediments and volcanics
strongly imprinted by ophiolitic emplacement, then visit the ophiolitic
sole near Zavordas. If possible, the Aliakmon
river section below Zavordas monastery can be visited for investigation
of strong emplacement kinematics on emplacement mélange and rifting volcanics.
This field trip involves transportation with off-road vehicles.
Dates: 27-29 September 2010.
€ 360 (double).
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CANCELLED -
F2.
Greek-Bulgarian Rhodope Massif (structural characteristics,
magmatism, metamorphism, economic mineral deposits)
- CANCELLED
Leaders: Antonios Koroneos (GR), Sarantis Dimitriades (GR), Adamantios
Kilias (GR), Ioannis Koukouvelas (GR), Nikos Epitropou (GR), Yotzo Yanev
(BG), Nikolay Bonev (BG) and Rossen Nedyalkov (BG)
Note:
this field trip involves travel in two countries
This four-day (3 nights) field trip aims at visiting various geological
sites (sections, outcrops, economic mineral deposits etc) of the Rhodope
Massif, both in Bulgaria and Greece and discussing on the spot the
existing ideas and advances of the geology of the Rhodope Massif.
Day 1. Starting from Thessaloniki
(Vardar-Axios Zone) the first day we will cross the Serbomacedonian
Massif before entering the Rhodope Massif (east of Strymon River).
Just before Kavala town (~160 km) we will see outcrops of the deformed
and mylonitised in places Symvolon (Kavala) plutonite (Miocene Hb-Bt
granodiorite) and the metamorphic basement rocks into which it was
emplaced and discuss about the structural characteristics of Rhodope.
The next stop(s) will be near Xanthi town (~
50 km) to visit outcrops of some Rhodope
metamorphic units (marbles, gneisses, amphibolites, eclogites) and the
Xanthi pluton (granodiorite, monzonite, monzodiorite, gabbro) which
intrudes them, as well as the Rhodope tectonic units. Further to the
east, we will visit outcrops of high-K to shoshonite rocks (basaltic
andesite and andesite) that intrude the metamorphic basement and
Palaeogene sedimentary rocks. Overnight in Xanthi.
Day 2. We will visit exposures of Oligocene/Miocene lavas and
pyroclastics and of the associated mineralization in the area between
Xanthi and Soufli. We will then cross the Greek-Bulgarian border
(Ormenion/Svilengrad), drive to
Kardzhali (~120 km), visit the bentonite and the perlite deposits and
the zeolitized acid pyroclastic flows and fall-out tuffs. Accommodation
in Kardhzali.
Day 3. In
this day we will drive to Krumovgrad (~ 40 km) to see the lahar deposits and the gold
deposit of Ada-tepe and some outcrops of the metamorphic basement. Early
afternoon, back to Ormenio/Svilengrad (~ 85 km) with one stop in the Ardas valley (latite
flow, the little canyon “The Devil Bridge”).
Overnight
in Alexandroupolis.
Day 4. Return to Thessaloniki
with a few stops on our way back.
Dates: 27-30 September 2010.
Cost: € 440 (single) /
€ 370 (double).
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CANCELLED -
F3. Halkidiki: Halkidiki ophiolites, Gerakini
magnesite deposits, Eocene Sithonia plutonic complex -
CANCELLED
Leaders:
Triantafylos Soldatos (GR),
Spyros Dabitzias (GR),
and Giampiero Poli (IT)
This two-day field trip starts with the visit of the Petralona karst
cave, finding site of the Petralona skull, one of the earliest human
finds in Europe. Next, we will visit the Gerakini magnesite mining and
production facilities. It follows the tour of the Sithonia peninsula
(middle leg of Halkidiki peninsula). On this tour we will visit outcrops
of the Halkidiki ophiolitic zone (gabbros, cumulitic gabbros,
sheeted-dyke complex and pillow lavas) and the Eocene Sithonia plutonic
complex (two-mica granite, hornblende-biotite granodiorite, mafic
microgranular enclaves, leucogranite, pegmatitic dykes, contact zone
with Circum-Rhodope Belt metasediments).
Dates: 27-28 September 2010.
Cost: € 120 (single) /
€ 100 (double).
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CANCELLED -
F4.
Basin evolution and neotectonics of the Strymon-Struma Graben System (stratigraphy,
paleontology, neotectonics and geomorphology) -
CANCELLED
Leaders: George Syrides (GR), Ivan Zagorchev (BG), Dimitris Kostopoulos
(GR), Nikolai Spassov (BG) and Markos Tranos (GR)
Note:
this field trip involves travel in two countries
Three-day
(2 nights) field trip visiting several geological sites (sections,
outcrops etc) of the Neogene basins formed in Greek and SW Bulgarian
territory along the NNW-SSE trending Struma Lineament; an inherited
Alpine structure that crosscuts many geotectonic zones in the internal
part of both the Dinaric-Hellenic and Balkan mountain belts. The
outcrops will focus on the Neogene stratigraphy, paleontology and
faulting deformation of the basins, especially those of Strymon
(Northern Greece) and Simitli and Sandanski basins (SW
Bulgaria). In addition, the active deformation and the
geomorphological setting of the basins will be presented and discussed
in relation with the already published tectonic models.