Centre of
Volcanic Textures (CVT)
TU Bergakademie
Freiberg
09599 Freiberg, Germany
Next course Sept. / Oct. 2013
registration deadline: may 31th, 2013
Based on experience in the investigation of fossil and (sub-)recent
volcanic and volcanoclastic successions this short course puts emphasis on the
recognition of volcanic textures in outcrop and thin section, and on the
possibilities and limits of their genetic interpretation. The course neglects
other important aspects of volcanology such as magmatic petrology,
geochemistry, isotope geochemistry, geotectonic setting, and volcanic hazards.
The CVT collection forms the working material for the
Short course, in which rock slabs and thin sections will be examined with
modern microscopes. Short course participants are invited to bring along thin
sections and rock slabs of their own projects for discussion. A basic knowledge
in mineral optics as well as fundamentals of petrography and sedimentology are
a recommended prerequisite to follow the course.
The course will be held in English.
After introductory lectures, hand specimens and thin sections of
silica-poor to silica-rich volcanic rocks will be examined that formed as
pyroclastic and hydroclastic deposits, and as lava(-domes) and subvolcanic
intrusions. Emphasis is on the subsequent discussion on textures, the salient
descriptive features and several processes (magma and mineral composition,
eruptive processes, fragmentation processes, transport and depositional
processes and alteration). The course begins with simple systems and ends with
more complex strongly altered volcanic rocks from various periods.
Fees include registration and script:
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MSc and PhD
students (please provide a certificate of your status): 60 €
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Scientists
from academic institutions and Geological surveys: 100 €
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Participants
from Companies 200 €
Number of participants: maximum 20
To express your interest in participation, please send
us an email soon. Deadline for registration is May,
31st, 2013
participants in Germany: bank transfer to:
Christoph Breitkreuz
Commerz-Bank
Account-No.: 0780649801, BLZ: 85080000
Please enclose receipt with registration form or fax
to +49-(0)3731-393599
International participants: please pay on site at registration desk
Place: TU
Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany. Freiberg is an attractive medieval town near
Dresden with an 800 year tradition of mining in the Erzgebirge.
Plane: Fly to
Dresden Airport, train or bus to Dresden central station, from there take a
train to Freiberg (about 40 min).
Dresden Airport
on the net: http://www.dresden-airport.de/index.htmll
Train: Dresden
has good connections with Berlin, Prague, and Frankfurt. From Dresden local or
regional trains to Freiberg (40 min). From
Nuremberg-Munich
there are trains that stop in Freiberg directly.
Get train
connections here: http://www.bahn.de/p/view/index.shtml
Car: Motorway A4
exit “Siebenlehn”, then B101 to Freiberg.
Participants from Germany, please make your own reservations (http://www.freiberg-service.de/tourismus/uebernachtungen-gastronomie/uebernachtungen.html)
Rooms probably
range from EUR 30 to EUR 50. International participants, please express your
accomodation requirements in the registration form, we shall
try to help.