Dear Graham,
Sounds interesting - keep me posted.
Cheers,
Rob Strachan
"Andrews, G.D.M." wrote:
> Hello to all structural and tectonics PhD students and their supervisors,
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> We are interested in organising a weekend field-trip for PhD students interested in structural geology and tectonics. This would provide an opportunity for PhD students from across the country to get together to discuss their research and make new contacts.
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> We are planning to visit Holy Island, Anglesey; specifically the coastal sections near Rhoscolyn, an area commonly visited by undergraduate field-trips. This section is composed of greenschist-facies, turbiditic rocks and quartzites forming part of a km-scale antiformal structure, of late Pre-Cambrian age. There are a variety of structural features to be observed, including Caledonian thrusts and folds, and Cenozoic extensional faults.
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> As this is still just an idea, no firm logistical details have been prepared, beyond a promise to keep the cost as low as possible. We are hoping to get costs down to a "nominal" fee.
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> A rough itinerary would involved Saturday and Sunday morning in the field, with a presentation session on Saturday evening. Participants would arrive on Friday evening and depart Sunday evening.
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> We wish to avoid PhD students' inevitable teaching / demonstrating commitments by holding this trip at the end of May, or beginning of June. Hopefully this will coincide with University Examinations and be before most people's fieldwork starts.
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> So, we want people to express their interest and get in touch. We want to have a good idea of numbers by January. we will both be at TSG 2003 in Liverpool, where, hopefully, we will be able to make a formal announcement.
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> Thanks,
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> Graham
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> Graham Andrews*
> Dept. of Geology
> University of Leicester
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> James Howard
> Dept. of Geology
> University of Leicester
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