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Upper Jurassic Carbonate Depositional System of the Carpathian Foreland – Surface and Subsurface Insight

Monday, 27 May 2024, 8:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.  |  Krakow, Poland

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Course Content

Field Trip Leaders

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Łukasz Słonka
Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
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Marcin Krajewski
AGH University of Science & Technology
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Janos Csizmeg
Ukrgazvydobuvannya, Naftogaz Group
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Piotr Krzywiec
Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences

This one-day pre-conference field trip will be focused on the Upper Jurassic deposits from the southern part of the Mesozoic epicontinental basin of the Carpathian foreland. They have been recognized and described many decades ago within the so-called Polish Jura Chain that stretches from Kraków in the SE towards Częstochowa and Wieluń in the NW. Since 1970’ numerous wells and then seismic data documented these deposits in the subsurface, beneath Miocene and / or Cretaceous sedimentary cover. Oxfordian carbonate buildups form good-quality reservoir rocks and host numerous HC accumulations. In the field, due to their resistance to erosion, such buildups often form tall hills, and on top of many of them medieval defense towers or castles have been built. During the field trip key outcrops such as Wawel hill in Kraków with its splendid royal castle or Ogrodzeniec hill with ruined medieval castle will be visited. Beautiful geological and historical scenery will provide an excellent background for presentation of seismic and well data that document these very interesting and important geological features. Subsurface examples will be based also on data from W Ukraine.

Itinerary

8:00 Departure From Kraków
9:00–10:30 Bolechowicka Valley
  • Overview of Geology and Evolution of the Upper Jurassic Carbonate Depositional System of the Carpathian Foreland Based on Example of the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland
  • Facies and Microfacies of the Upper Oxfordian Reef Complex
  • Subsurface Insight: Seismic Facies Characterization
  • Interpretation of Fault Zones
11:00-12:00 Czajowice Quarry
  • Top of the Ojców Plateau Reef Complex; Characteristics of the Transition Zone From Massive Microbial-Grain Dominated Agglutinating Reef to Thick Compacted Inclined Bedded Facies
  • Lateral Seismic Facies Changes Illustrating the Transition From Massive to Bedded Facies
  • Seismic Image of Carbonate Buildups and Surrounding Deposits of the Ramp-Type Carbonate Platform in Southern Poland Compared With Seismic Examples From Western Ukraine
13:00-14:00 Kromołowiec Hill-View Point (Including Field Lunch)
  • Field Outcrop of Isolated Niegowonice-Grabowa Microbial-Sponge and Microbial-Grain Dominated Reef Complex and Surrounding Pelitic Basinal Facies
  • Subsurface Scale of Lateral and Vertical Extent of Large Seismically Interpreted Carbonate Buildups
14:30-15:30 Podzamcze – Ogrodzieniec Castle
  • Surface Examples of the Stages of Development of the Rigid Framework in the Sponge - Microbial Reef
  • Seismic Interpretation of the Initial Stadium of Carbonate Buildups and Influence of Pull-Up Effect
17:30 Arrival to Kraków

Pricing

Fee:
€160
Registration Deadline:
15 May

Refund/Cancellation Policy

No refunds or cancellations will be issued after 29 April.

Registrants who are unable to participate may designate a substitute to attend in their place.

Cancellations and substitution requests should be sent to [email protected]

Venue

Upper Jurassic Carbonate Depositional System of the Carpathian Foreland – Surface and Subsurface Insight
Holiday Inn, Krakow City Center
Wielopole 4, 31-072
Krakow, Małopolskie
Poland
+48 12 619 00 00
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