NFES invites our members to join the Field Trip to Padova/Bologna Italy, scheduled on 24–28 September 2026 (Thursday through Monday). Please sign up before June 2, 2026.
The field trip guide will be Prof. Massimiliano Ghinassi (Gino), University of Padova, who will take us through a varied and fascinating agenda covering turbidite systems, Apennine basins, and the iconic Po River delta. As before, the program will comprise a mix of geology, history, culture, and the inherent social aspect.
Preliminary information about the field excursion
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Day 1 – Imola: Turbiditic deposits of the Santerno Valley and evaporites of the Messinian Salinity Crisis. The famous Marnoso-Arenacea Formation, where fundamental principles of turbidite sedimentology were established by Mutti and Ricci Lucchi in the 1970s.
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Day 2 – Bologna: The intra-Apennine basin. Pliocene fluvial and deltaic deposits filling a small thrust-top basin evolving at the front of the Northern Apennines.
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Day 3 – Adriatic Sea: The Po River delta (UNESCO site). A boat trip along the main distributaries of the Po River delta, observing modern depositional environments and comparing them with sedimentary cores recovered from the same area.
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Day 4 – Venice: Explore Venice — culture and history.
Practicalities
The total number of participants is limited upwards to 16, on a first come first serve basis, starting on Tuesday, May 26th.
Sign-up deadline is set to EOB Tuesday, June 2nd.
Cost (including travel and diet) is expected to be well within a total of max. 16 kNOK per person, of which 2 kNOK will be sponsored by NFES. All participants will have to be NFES 2026 paying members.
Please note that any sign-up will not be considered valid until an accompanying payment of a NOK 1000 deposit has been made to the NFES bank account:
- Account No. 3206.17.03119
Please mark your payment with your name & ‘Field Trip 2026’ (IMPORTANT!!) and DON’T FORGET to send immediately an e-mail to ‘thana@repsol.com’, confirming the bank transaction, thus ensuring a rapid registration of your payment and sign-up. The deposit will be deducted from the final invoice which will be sent out after the trip. Please note that in case of cancellation of participation after the sign-up deadline the deposit will not be refunded.
Furthermore, to keep travel cost at a minimum, flight tickets will be booked at lowest cost with no refund from the air carrier company. Hence, in case of later cancellation of participation the flight ticket will unfortunately also have to paid for by the participant.
Logistics
Fly to Venice, then bus/car rental and drive to Padova.