CVS Activities

CVS goes to Hungary

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Fieldtrip leaders: Andrea Di Capua, Federica Barilaro, Orsolya Sztanó, Péter Gál, Szabolcs Harangi, Réka Lukács

7 April – 11 April

1. Day (Monday)

Morning: presentations at the ELTE TTK 10:00-14:00 with lunch between

  • Szabolcs Harangi: Neogene volcanism in space and time
  • Orsolya Sztanó: Depositional environment in the Miocene in North Hungary
  • Andrea Di Capua: Volcanoclastic sediments – basics, nomenclatura

Presentations of the participants

Afternoon: travel to Mátraverebély-Szentkút 

Fieldtrip to

  • Sámsonháza and Vadász-gödör

            Accommodation: Mátraverebély-Szentkút, Zarándokház

2. Day (Tuesday)

Fieldtrips to      

  • Páris-patak, Nógrádszakáll (2 outcrops; volcanogenic conglomerates and sandstone, lahar deposits; 2-3 hours)
  • Ipolytarnóc (primary PDCs, footprints, visitor center 3-4 hours) Szarvas Imre, Botfalvai Gábor

Accommodation: Mátraverebély-Szentkút, Zarándokház

3. Day (Wednesday)

Fieldtrips to       

  • Fülek, Slovakia (basalt maar deposits; 1-2 hours)
  • Tajti (diatréma), Sőreg
  • Tar (Fehérkő quarry, andesitic volcaniclastics, dacitic and andesitic PDC and sedimentary channels; 4-5 hours)

Accommodation: Mátraverebély-Szentkút, Zarándokház

4. Day (Thursday)

Fieldtrips to       

  • Sirok (PDC, ignimbrite, welding, channels, fall and surge deposits; whole day)
  •  in the late afternoon visit to Egerszalók travertino
  • Egerszalók (sand quarry; epiclastic deposits; PDC deposits and the visitor center) – optional; 

Accommodation: Egerszalók, Thermal Park Egerszalók

5. Day (Friday)

Fieldtrips to   

  • Eger (Homok utca, paleosurface, PDC)
  • Eger (Tihamér quarries, ignimbrite and related deposits)
  •  Andornaktálya (Rózsa utca, different primary and secondary volcanoclastic deposits)
  • Egerszalók (PDC deposits and the visitor center) – optional; 
  • Braun-valley sand quarry (volcanogenic sand deposit)?

Travel back to Budapest (arrival around 19:00)

Costs: 400€ for accomodation and meals

Registration deadline: 31st of January at https://forms.gle/NRpviU3pDtPimgFm8

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