Instructor: Dr. Greg Druschel
TA: Tiffany Larsen
Osservatorio Geologico di Coldigioco Director: Dr. Allessandro Montanari
Dates: July 26 (arrive in Colidigioco) - August 19 (departure day)
Greg
Tiffany
Sandro (sitting on K/T boundary)
WELCOME students!!! Important logistical information concerning
travel to and staying at our base of operations in Coldigioco, Italy
may be found be clicking HERE.
This includes basics on travel in Italy (using the train system,
phones, etc.), what to expect at the OGC, and what to bring with you!
For a copy of the language sheet (important conversational and
directional info - don't be the rude american and assume everyone
should speak English!!! Italians are very patient and
appreciative if you try to stumble through the basics in Italian.) and
map for getting to Coldigioco click HERE
A reminder that the balance of your money for lodging, food, local
transportation, and use of everything at the Observatory is due April
30!! Bring the check to Greg or Robin in the Geology dept. office
by then.
Home Base, the
OGC (Osservatorio Geologico di Coldigioco)
Coldigioco is a very, very small town in the province of Le Marche in
central italy - while there our group will make up about 75% of the
population - there are laboratory and computer facilities (including
wireless internet), classrooms, dining areas, a pizza oven, bocce
court, laundry facility, and ample living spaces for all students in
addition to a student bar area (The Jurassic Pub) where students can
unwind, study, and enjoy down time. More info can be found at the
OGC home page
The Osservatorio Geologico di Coldigioco
Villa K/T and
the Jurassic Pub
Mapping in San Vittore - we spend about a week intensely mapping the
stratigraphy and structures in this area, a massive limestone unit here
(the Calcare Massichio) also hosts the Grotto di Frassassi, an immense
system of caves (including the 3rd largest cave room in the world)
actively forming through microbe-catalyzed sulfuric acid speleogenesis.
always followed by our favorite gelateria, Gelato piu!
Grotto di Frassassi in our mapping area of San Vittore
The K/T boundary and turbidites in the Scalia Rossa
Trip to Tuscany - our home base in the Garfagnana Valley, in the Alpi Apuane mountains:
the geothermal fields near Lardarello
and the ancient Cararra marble quarries, used since Etruscan times:
