Field trips

We are currenlty working on proposals for an attractive programm of pre- and post-meeting field trips illustrating the Devonian to Permian of France.

For the moment we have commitments for field trips to 

A geotraverse of the southern French Massif Central: from rifting of the Gondwana margin to Variscan orogeny

The field trip will follow a North-South cross-section from the fold-and-thrust belt at the southern flank of the Montagne Noire, in the South, to the HP-HT metamorphic units of the orogenic hinterland in the Rouergue region, in the North. We will explore geological markers of key processes of the pre- and syn-orogenic evolution of the Variscan belt of Europe:

(i) Cambro-Ordovician rifting and magmatism;

(ii) Devonian-Early Carboniferous tectonics and metamorphism related to subduction and collision;

(iii) Late/post collisional deformation, magmatism and ore deposits.

The field trip takes advantage of a renewed research interest for the Variscan French Massif Central and its mineral resources. In particular, field observations will put into perspective the recent advances made at (i) dating high pressure and high temperature metamorphism, (ii) reassessing the kinematics of syn- and late collisional deformation and (iii) reappraising the links among magmatism, tectonics and mineralizations.

Duration: 4 days including 3 nights outside Toulouse.

Organizers: Julien Berger, Dominique Chardon, Guillaume Estrade

Sedimentray successions of the Devonian and Carboniferous in SW France from the Montagne Noire to the central Pyrenees  

Duration: 3-4 days including 3 nights outside Toulouse.

Organizers: Markus Aretz, Elise Nardin

Late Orogenic collapse and Stephanian basins :  Decazeville and Saint Perdoux (French Massif Central)   

Duration: 2 days including 1 night outside Toulouse.

Organizers: Frédérique Christophoul

Stayed tuned more proposals should be added over the next weeks .