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SARDINIA GEOLOGY

The island of Sardinia, approximately 150 km in maximum dimension, offers an amazing variety of geology in a relatively small area. Because of the geologic diversity, quality of exposure, and favorable climate, it is an excellent field laboratory for geology camp.

In particular, Sardinia contains a fantastic geologic record of the Variscan orogen, a collisional system of Devonian-Mississippian age that was responsible for the initial crustal assembly of southern Europe. Field projects for the class have been chosen to give students an opportunity to map and analyze the geology of various anatomical parts of the Variscan orogen:

Internal zone - plutonic and high-grade metamorphic rocks
Nappe zone - thrust imbricated and allochthonous nappes
External zone - foreland fold-thrust belt
Post-orogenic extensional basins and Mesozoic sedimentary cover

The projects individually contain field relationships to be mapped, analyzed, and interpreted within the context of each area; furthermore, they are designed to integrate collectively into an overview of the tectonic evolution of the Variscan collisional system as a whole.

For more information contact: Claude Spinosa cspinosa@boisestate.edu

Boise State University
Department of Geosciences MS-1535
1910 University Drive
Boise, ID  83725-1535
Phone: 208-426-1631
Fax: 208-426-4061