On June 13 we attended a one-day field trip with a group of Italian sedimentologists going by the name “GeoSed”, to view Cretaceous and Miocene sedimentary rocks exposed near the crest of the southern Apennine orogenic belt. It was a gorgeous sunny day, I learned a lot and the company was great! Charlie and Sergio struck some memorable poses (see below). We saw a thick section of Cretaceous marine deposits that were overturned by strong back-thrusting and folding near the crest of the Apennine orogen, and wound up with overturned bedding dips of 30-40° to the NE. We ended the day on a walk through the quaint town of Pietrapertosa, just another gorgeous Italian hilltop ancient stone city. Photos below.
Above: Charlie and Sergio enjoying the day.
Above: field trip leaders doing what field trip leaders do.
Hey sedimentologists, these turbidites are up-side-down!
Above: Miocene Gorgoglioni Flysch, amalgamated sandy channel-fill turbidite complex.
The boys looking good!
Above: Nice exposures in the hill top town of Pietrapertosa.
Above: Roadside cafe built into channel sandstone with rip-up clasts!