Challenge Our Myths

Energy Conference & Exhibition

18-21 November 2007 [NEW DATES]

Megaron • Athens International Conference Centre

AAPG Convention Dept.

P.O. Box 979

Tulsa, OK  74101-0979 USA

Phone: +1 918 560 2617

Fax:
+1 918 560 2684

Email : convene@aapg.org

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Field Trip 4:

The Corinth Rift and its Giant Gilbert Deltas

Date:

Wednesday, 21 November, 18:30 - Friday, 23 November, 20:00 (trip departs from and returns to Hilton Athens)

Leaders:

Mary Ford (CRPG-Nancy School of Geology, France) and Sébastien Rohais (IFP, Paris, France)

Fee:

US $560 with conference registration
US $590 without conference registration

Includes:

Transportation, two nights lodging (B&B) based on single occupancy, two evening meals, two picnic lunches and guidebook

Limit:

30 persons (less than 10 remaining)

Notes:

Most stops are on or not far from the road. Some walking is programmed on the first day (30 minutes uphill rising 150m). Good boots are strongly recommended. The weather can be very unpredictable. We will be starting and ending at sea level but mainly working above 700m in the mountains to the south of the Gulf. Plan for everything from snow (above 800m) to gentle sunshine (at sea level) in a single day.

The Gulf of Corinth is one of the fastest opening rifts in the world with a rate of NS extension of up to 1.6cm/yr. On the south side of the Gulf, the rift’s tilted fault blocks and their synrift succession (Late Pliocene-Middle Pleistocene) are exceptionally well exposed due to rapid uplift up to 1200m. and deep incision by rivers. The clastic rift succession, up to 2.8 km thick, includes a series of spectacular giant Gilbert-type fan deltas (up to 800 m. thick, radii up to 4km) that are used as analogs for reservoirs in the North Sea and elsewhere. These are exposed on cliffs up to 800m. high where their stratigraphic architecture and facies can be studied in detail.

The aims of this trip are to present and discuss (a) the rift’s stratigraphy and structure, (b) the geometry and kinematics of the normal fault network and (c) the stratigraphic architecture and facies of selected Gilberttype fan deltas. These observations will be used to debate topics such as sequence stratigraphic interpretations and modeling of fan deltas in active rifts, the controlling factors in delta construction and distribution, geometry and connectivity of a normal fault network, the interaction of surface processes (sediment flux, climate) and tectonics in active rifts.

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Policies

In order to serve the needs of participants and make short courses economically viable, there are minimum and maximum numbers of participants. We accept reservations on a first-come, first-served basis. A wait list is created if a short course sells out. We will notify you automatically if space becomes available.You are strongly encouraged to register early. To help us anticipate the number of attendees and avoid premature cancellation, please register by 10 September. Although we make every effort NOT to cancel a course and we realize the inconvenience and expense you may incur due to a cancellation, sometimes it is necessary to cancel courses. Please keep this in mind if you reserve non-refundable airfares or make other non-refundable arrangements.

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