Trip to France for the Purdue-UBO marine
geosciences training course in Brest and on the CNRS boatCote de la
manche
May 24th-Arrival Paris
-Flight from Paris to Brest
May 25th-Presentation of
IUEM schedule and tasks to accomplish
-Session on the recent sedimentation in Brittany (P. Leroy) and the
geology of the Armoricon Massif (J. Rolet)
May 26th-Field trip to
Crozon along Anse de Pen-Hir
May 27th-Session on marine
geosciences and vessels & corers of IPEV and IFREMER (G. Jugie
Director, French Polar Research Program and J.F. Bourillet)
-Session on the Bay of Biscay and visit to IPEV and IFREMER with
talks on R/V Marion Dufresne, turbidites and cores in the Bay of
Douarnenez (C. Augris) and sedimentary processes (B. Savoye)
May 28th-Session on high
resolution seismics (D. Graindorge)
-At Sea (High resolution DAQ off the coast of Brest and north east
of the Bay of Biscay)
May 29th-At sea (DAQ)
May 30th-At sea (DAQ)
May 31st-Session on GPS
positioning; Differential and phase measurements (E. Calais)
-Session on various seismic sources, bubble effect in air guns etc.
(J. Deverchere)
Jun 1st-At sea (testing of
the shallow coring system)
Jun 2nd-Session on
morphological evolution of Brittany; paleo rivers around south
Brittany and incise valleys (D. Menier and S. Bonet)
-Session on accretion and hot spots of the Atlantic; Azores hot
spot (M. Maia)
Jun 3rd-Case studies of the
Cascadian subduction and the episodic slip observations at depth
(D. Graindorge)
-Subduction in Sumatra and tsunami generation (M.A. Gutscher)
-Marine data processing and interpretation (IUEM)
Jun 4th-Field trip to
Groix, morphotectonics and paleo-subduction (The island was
apparently right on top of a paleo subduction zone)
Jun 6th-Student
presentations
-Case study of the Mw=4.3 Hennebont earthquake (J. Perrot)
-Vertical motions in Europe (E. Calais)
-Party !
Jun 7th-Flight from Brest
to Paris
-Departure Paris
Some random pictures from the trip
(will be posting more soon)
