Sedimentology and 3D Outcrop Modelling, Spain (evtl wieder 2025)

This 8-day-long field trip is conducted in the Spanish Pyrenees, in the Ainsa-Tremp-Graus basins and their Eocene successions. These successions show a wide range of clastic sedimentary rocks ranging from terrestrial to shallow marine to deep water, including fluvial systems, tidal deposits, deltaic deposits and turbidite systems. The field trip has a focus on sedimentology and 3D outcrop modelling and how these can be used for reconstructing paleoenvironments. In addition, large-scale observations allow to discuss concepts of structural geology and basin dynamics.

The estimated cost per student is approx. €400-500 (for accommodations, car rental, airfare Hamburg-Barcelona and food).

The fieldtrip is aimed at MSc students in Applied Geosciences and Marine Geosciences. The participants will learn a combination of traditional sedimentological (e.g. facies analysis, logging, mapping) and 3D modelling (e.g. drone, laser scanner) field techniques. The students will learn how to: 1) independently study an outcrop from the sedimentological point of view; 2) recognize sedimentary structures, trace fossils and other sedimentological features; 3) use a laser scanner and a drone to make 3D outcrop models; 4) interpret the data to identify different paleoenvironments; 5) understand spatiotemporal variations in sedimentary processes across the basins.

The students will be evaluated with exercises in the field (50%) and a small report based on the field acquisitions (e.g. drone photos and laser scans) (50%).

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