NFES invites our members to join the Field Trip to Almeria/Guadix, Spain, scheduled on 18-22 September (Thursday through Monday) 2025.
The field trip guide will be Cesar Viseras, (clastic sedimentologist and stratigrapher, Prof. University of Granada), who will take us through a varied and interesting agenda. As before, the program will comprise a mix of geology, history, culture, and the inherent social aspect.
Preliminary information about the field excursion
- 19th and 20th September: Almeria area (Tabernas/Sorbas/Nijar basins). The field guide will introduce us to the shallow marine environment (beach-island barrier systems, reef complexes), the deep marine environment (deep sea fan systems, submarine canyons, turbidite megabeds), and the fascinating world of sedimentation related to the Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC) event.
- 21st September: along the journey from Almeria to Granada, in the Guadix Basin we will have the opportunity to come into contact with excellent outcrop analogs of fluvial, delta, mixed platform, and continental limestone reservoirs. These landscapes will also be used to work on some evidence of sequence-stratigraphic evolution and geomorphic inversion of the basin. Guadix is also well known for cave houses.
- 22nd September: Granada: cultural and social day – visit the Alhambra?
Practicalities
The total number of participants is limited to a maximum of 16, on a first-come-first-serve basis, starting Monday, 12th May (i.e., earlier sign-ups will be discarded). The sign-up deadline is set to EOB Wednesday, 21st May. However, in case of a high level of interest and more than 16 participant submissions, membership status will be included in the evaluation and selection processes.
Cost (including travel and diet) is expected to be within 16 kNOK per person, of which 2 kNOK will be sponsored by NFES. All participants will have to be NFES 2024 and 2025 paying members.
How to sign-up
To sign-up:
- Pay NOK 1000 deposit to the NFES bank account (NFES: Account No. 3206.17.03119). Mark your payment with Your Name & ‘Field Trip 2025’ (IMPORTANT!!), and DON’T FORGET to
- Send an e-mail immediately to ’thana@repsol.com’, confirming the bank transaction, thus ensuring the rapid registration of your payment and sign-up.
Only sign-up after the 12th of May! Earlier registration will not be considered.
The deposit will be deducted from the final invoice, which will be sent out after the trip. For cancelations after the sign-up deadline, the deposit will not be refunded.