STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY FIELD COURSE

Pietari Skyttä – pietari@sgeo.fi

Jussi Mattila – jussi@sgeo.fi

Tuomas Kauti – tuomas@sgeo.fi

€1800 (+ 25.5% VAT) per person

€900 (+ 25.5% VAT) per full time student

Payment will take place via an invoice that will be e-mailed to you after completing the online registration form (end of this page). Your registration will only be confirmed once your payment is received.

Discounts apply if three or more people from your employer/institution are attending; contact us for details.

• 5 days of training in the field, including excursions, supervised and independent mapping (in pairs or small groups)
• Introductory lectures and wrap-up sessions
• Supervision in the field and for analysis & interpretation of data
• Handouts and prints for mapping & electronic files of the lectures
• Accommodation (4 nights in shared 2 person rooms) in Kaidanojan kartano https://www.kulhuanpaakari.fi/kaidanojan-kartano
• Food (Mon – Fri)
  • Breakfast, pack-lunch and simple dinner (no breakfast on Monday)
  • A better dinner in Turku on Friday
• Transportation in a minibus during the course
• Sauna (two evenings)

• Travel to/from Turku
• Accommodation in Turku before and after the course

09:00 -11:00     Course introduction, downtown Turku

11:00-12:00      Lunch, downtown Turku

12:00-17:00      Excursion around Turku area, drive to accommodation (45 min)

18:00                  Dinner

08:00-09:00      Breakfast + information (Intro on shear zones)

09:00-10:00      Drive to the Kynsikangas Shear Zone

10:00-16:00      Focused mapping of shear fabrics and kinematic indicators

16:00-16:30      Summary of the day (field / by the minibuses)

16:30-17:30      Drive back to accommodation

18:00                  Dinner & sauna

08:00-09:00      Breakfast + information

09:00-16:00      Field mapping in pairs / small groups

16:00-17:00      Discussions & knowledge exchange between groups; synthesis of the findings, drafting a summary map, and planning for the 2nd mapping day

18:00                  Dinner

08:00-09:00      Breakfast + information

09:00-14:00      Field mapping in pairs / small groups

14:00-18:00      Discussions & knowledge exchange between groups; complementing the summary maps; closing discussions and wrap-up

18:00                  Dinner & sauna

08:00-09:00      Breakfast + information (Intro on frcatures and faults)

09:00-10:00      Drive to the Turku area

10:00-15:00      Focused mapping of brittle structures

15:00-16:00      Summary of the day (field / by the minibuses)

16:00-16:30      Drive to Turku

18:00-21:00      Dinner downtown Turku

21:00                  End of course

Registration after Sept 08 (1201 hrs Finland summer time) will incur a 10% late fee, and is subject to our discretion (if course is fully subscribed by this date). Before Sept 08 you can withdraw and receive all your registration money back. Between Sept 08 and Sept 22 you can withdraw but there will be a cancellation and administration fee of €500. For cancellations after Sept 22 we will not refund your registration fee.

We reserve the right to cancel the course if the minimum number of participants is not reached by Sept 08. In this case, the registration fee be paid back in full (If registrations are looking good already before this date, we will let everyone know). We also reserve the right to cancel or postpone the course, at our discretion, if major events prevent us from delivering the course safely (e.g. a serious further Covid outbreak or other nationally/internationally imposed travel restrictions).

Introduction to the crustal evolution in SW Finland, excursion stops at some key outcrops. Introduction to mapping high-grade rocks.

Focused mapping of ductile shear fabrics and kinematic indicators. Conducted in the Kynsikangas Shear zone that is a major sinistral strike-slip shear zone located approximately one hours’ drive from the accommodation. This day will contain both supervised and individual mapping, and concise theory notes and wrap-ups of the findings in the field.

A “regional” mapping projects covering an approximately 5*5 km area of folded high-grade rocks. The area is to be covered in two days, approached as a collaborative mapping effort conducted by several small groups / mapping pairs. Three SGEO supervisors will circulate between the groups and provide hands-on support. The programme of Day #3 will be planned based on the outcome of Day #2. The purpose of this exercise is to compile a large A0-size had-drawn structural map covering the mapping area, and supplementing the map with sections and spherical projections of relevant structural elements. We experienced that manual drafting of the maps provides a major boost towards improving the skills in structural interpretation and also collaboration between the individuals and groups. The mapping areas are within 30 min drive from the accommodation.

Focused mapping of brittle structures such as fractures and faults. Provides tools to differentiate between contrasting brittle structures and learn how to use them in conducting paleostress interpretations.

• Small day-pack
• Field notebook + pen
• Geologist compass (recommended: Freiberg/Brunton Geo/Breithaupt, or comparable; minimum: Suunto or Silva with dip needle) or smartphone equivalent. Our recommendations include Field Move’s “Clino” for iPhone and high-level android smartphones (for a small fee you get a version that allows you to allocate rock types and edit structure types easily).
• Camera or a smartphone equipped with a camera.
• Pen magnet and scribe (or knife).
• Rock hammer (optional): some structures may be better revealed by careful removal of moss/dirt and weathered rock etc.
• Insect repellent and/or screening for your hat.
• Water bottle, snack food; we will have limited access to shops.
• Some stereographic projection software will be useful, either on your hand-held device, or on your laptop. For stereographic projections we recommend SGEONet (https://sgeo.fi/products/) and Orient.