Summer school: A multidisciplinary study of uplift and deformation in the Calabrian Arc

Sept. 1-12, 2008
Università della Calabria, Arcavacata (Cosenza), Italy

Summer school logistics

Summer school schedule, presentations, and readings

As part of a multidisciplinary international project coordinated by the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, we are offering a summer field school on the geodynamics and active tectonics of the Calabrian Arc. Teaching will be undertaken by US, Canadian, and European project scientists and will cover topics ranging from geodynamics and seismology to Quaternary geochronology and geomorphology. Classroom discussion will alternate with field demonstrations. The lectures will review foundations and basic techniques and discuss research activities and results of the Calabria project. The school will offer an opportunity for students to participate in a “live” multidisciplinary research program. The research project and summer school are funded by the Continental Dynamics program of the US National Science Foundation. Additional funds for the summer school are provided by the University of Calabria and the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia.

The school will be an advanced study program aimed at graduate students (doctoral level) and post-doctoral fellows. The school will cover lodging, meals, and field trip costs for all participants. Funds to travel to Calabria will be available for participants from US universities, and we have a limited amount of travel funds for other students. Because of logistic constraints, the number of students is limited to about 30. Priority will be given to applicants with an interest in active tectonic environments and interdisciplinary work.

Topics and instructors

• Calabria in the Tyrrhenian-Apennine system (C. Faccenna, A. Malinverno)
• Overview of Calabrian Arc project (M. Steckler)
• Geomorphology (C. Stark, F. Guzzetti, T. Dewez, G. Valensise)
• Geochronology (J. Schaefer, B. Finkel, M. Lamothe)
• Thermochronology (S. Thomson, M. Steckler)
• Structural Geology (L. Seeber, C. Faccenna, T. Nagel)
• Geodynamic Modeling (L. Lavier, C. Faccenna)
• GPS Geodesy (N. D'Agostino, M. Nedimovic, M. Steckler, I. Guerra)
• Seismology (A. Amato, W.-Y. Kim, L. Seeber, I. Guerra)
• Sedimentology (S. Critelli)

Applying to the summer school

For instructions, click here. NOTE: The application deadline is March 31, 2008.

Organizing committee