Geosur 2010
INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS
ON THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE
MAR DEL PLATA - 22 - 23 NOVEMBER 2010

CONGRESS FIELD-TRIP
Two field trips are planned for GEOSUR 2010

- Pre congress field trip - 21 November 2010
- Post congress field trip - 24 - 26 November 2010

PRE CONGRESS FIELD-TRIP
21 November 2010
One day trip departing and returning to Mar del Plata

5 Places AVAILABLE

PRELIMINARY GENERAL PROGRAM

            Those attending this field trip should meet at the lobby of the Sheraton Hotel in the Ground Floor at 8.00 a.m. on Sunday 21st. Departure time is set for 9.00 a.m. and return for 5.00 p.m. (approximately)
            At the meeting point you will receive the field trip guide and will meet Prof. Federico Isla who will guide the field trip. Please bring easy going clothes and shoes and be aware that you might have to wet your feet in the sea water. Although late November may be pleasantly warm and sunny, Mar del Plata´s weather is difficult to forecast, so be also prepared for rainy, windy or cold weather.
            A light informal lunch will be provided during the field trip.

POST CONGRESS MAIN FIELD-TRIP
24 to 26 November 2010
Three-day trip departing and returning to Mar del Plata

FULLY BOOKED with 40 partecipants - no more registration are possible

PRELIMINARY GENERAL PROGRAM

Those registered for the field trip will receive the corresponding guide with the rest of the congress material during registration.
A pre-trip meeting has been set for all participants at Auditorium II (right) on Tuesday 6.15 p.m. Meeting will be devoted to give final instructions and recommendations and to evacuate any doubts from the participants. Meeting will be chaired by Dr. Daniel Poiré (who will be the guide the first day) and Dr. Renata Tomezzoli (who will be one of the guides on the second and third days).
            Departure will be early morning on Wednesday 24th from the Sheraton hotel
First day will be devoted to a quick visit to the main units of the Neoproterozoic and Early Paleozoic sedimentary cover of the Paleoproterozoic basement of the Tandilia system in our way to Sierra de la Ventana. We will arrive to the Silver Golf hotel in Sierra de la Ventana town on Wednesday 24th evening where we will spend that and the following night. During Thursday and Friday we will visit several charcteristic spots in the Sierra de la Ventana system to appreciate some of its very interesting Paleozoic stratigraphic and structural features.
All meals, breakfasts, lunchs and some snacks during the whole field trip are included. The hotel offers a climatized swimming pool. Although not much free time will be available, all those willing to make use of it (probably at night) do not forget include your bath clothes in your luggage.
Some sites to be visited will require (easy) walking across the field, so bring adequate clothes and shoes. Weather in Ventana in late November should be warm and pleasant, but we cannot exclude either very hot sunny days or cold and rain, so come prepared for both cases. Remember that insurance during the field trip covers only the  travelling, not while you are not in the bus. So be sure you are properly covered for any health problem or an unlikely accident.
On Friday 26th, after the last stop (approximately at 3.00 p.m.), we will follow the road back towards Mar del Plata, where we expect to be arriving early that night. Due to the long distances involved we cannot guarantee an exact arrival time. So be sure that either you have a hotel reservation for that night in Mar del Plata or that you have a flexible alternative for catching another transport to go back to Buenos Aires.