Field trip

The post-conference 2-days excursion concentrates on classical points for teaching geology in the Apuseni Mts. and Southern Carpathians (sedimentary, magmatic and metamorphic rocks) as well as on the historic sites reflecting the connection with geology:

 

● Roman galeries at Roşia Montană (Neogene gold deposit; Apuseni Mts.)
● Late Jurassic limestones olistolith in Cretaceous flysch deposits (Buces Vulcan; Apuseni Mts.)
● Gold Museum in Brad (Apuseni Mts.)
● Mesozoic ophiolites (sheeted dyke complex and pillow lavas) in the Southern Apuseni Mts. (Zam quarry)
● Hunedoara: the Huniade Castle (Mathias Corvinus family) – 15th cent.
● Medieval church at Densuş (built in 14th-15th cent. with dimension stones taken from a Roman villa)
● Ruins of Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa (Roman capital of Provincia Dacia)
● Metamorphosed granitoids from the Southern Carpathians (Râul Mare).