E-FIRE Field Institutes Archives

E-FIRE Field Institute, Western Alps & Syros | August 2 – 17 2019 |

EFIRE students, post-docs, and faculty joined ZIP faculty in the Western Alps and Syros, Greece for about 2 weeks. This trip allowed the ~30 participants to view different exposures of Alpine geology and also to view the subduction-related rocks of Syros, Greece as a comparison to those which we have studied in the Western Alps. We also spent time sharing the outcomes of our research with each other in workshop format during our time on Syros.

Panorama from the 2019 Field Institute (Pain de Sucre, Alpes, France)

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Field Institute 2019 dates

– Eastern Alps

August 2 | Depart from Univ. Lausanne to Scuol
August 3 | Geology of an ocean continent transitions (Tasna Nappe, Lower Engadine)
August 4 | Geology of extensional systems

August 5 | A fossil crust-mantle boundary in the Malenco Nappe

– Western Alps

August 6 | Geneva to Mont Dauphin, France

August 7 | Guil valley
August 8 | Ubaye valley
August 9 | Sestrières-Finestre road
August 10 | Drive to Zurich

– Syros

August 17 | Departure from Syros to Athens

E-FIRE Field Institute, Alps | July 20 – August 13 2017 |

EFIRE students, post-docs, and faculty joined ZIP faculty in the Western Alps for a tour of key field areas identified for student and post-doc research of rocks exhumed from fossil subduction zones. The group of almost 30 people spent about 2 weeks together learning from ZIP collaborators, seeing the rocks, and collecting samples for research projects. After this time together, the large group broke into smaller groups who traveled back to some of the localities to sample in greater detail. Altogether the group collected about 700 kg of rock samples!

Group photo in Monviso. Photo credit: Philippe Agard

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Field Institute 2017 dates

E-FIRE participants arrive in Geneva on July 25

July 25 | Arrive in Geneva
July 26-August 12 | Fieldwork

July 26 = DAY 1 | External Alps and Briançonnais and overall section
July 27 = DAY 2 | excursion to the Dent Blanche contact (Ollomont)
July 28 = DAY 3 | Lago di Cignana
July 29 = DAY 4 | section across the Schistes Lustrés + drive
July 30 = DAY 5 | Lanzo massif
July 31 = DAY 6 | Monviso, 1 Monviso, 2
August 2 = DAY 8 | rest and discussion
August 3 = DAY 9 | Voltri/Erro Tobbio + drive
August 4 = DAY 10 | Voltri massif
August 5 = DAY 11 | Erro-Tobbio
August 6 = DAY 12 | discussion day (wrap-up)
August 7-11 | opportunities to revisit places or go to other places in smaller groups
August 12 | Drive back to Geneva
August 13 | Goldschmidt

Metamorphic map of Western Alps with stop locations from our 10-day group fieldwork overview. (1) Drive from Geneva with Pre-Alps overview, (2) Dent Blanche, (3) Lago Di Cignana, (4) Schistes Lustres, (5) Lanzo Massif, (6, 7) Monviso Ophiolite, (8) Relaxation day, (9, 10) Voltri Massif. Map modified after Beltrando et al. (2010).

#Stop	Location	GPS Coordinates	More Info
#2	Dent Blanche	45.869N 7.328E
#3	Lago Di Cignana	45.878N 7.592E
#4	Schistes Lustrés	44.998N 6.883E	more info
#5	Lanzo Massif	45.177N 7.393E
#6, #7	Monviso Ophiolite	44.666˚N 7.110˚E	more info
#9, #10	Voltri Massif	44.479˚N 8.601˚E	more info