Turbidite Sedimentation in Confined Systems
- Field Trip to the Grès d’Annot -
The
Eocene-Oligocene Grès d’Annot (Annot sandstones) represent perhaps the world’s
best exposed example of a large confined deep-water clastic system. The
outcrops are currently the focus of active research by several European groups
addressing fundamental questions about turbidite depositional systems and
basin development, and also by workers aiming to use outcrop data as a guide
to subsurface correlation and reservoir modeling.
A
four-day, post-meeting excursion took 30 participants through spectacular
exposures of the Grès d’Annot in the Alpes Maritimes and Alpes de Haute
Provence, north of Nice. The excursion followed a down-current traverse,
examining classic and controversial exposures of the Annot turbidites and
related units in the Annot, Chalufy, Grand Coyer and Sanguinière areas. The
field-trip was led by Philippe Joseph (IFP), Bill McCaffrey (Leeds), Andy
Gardiner (Heriot-Watt), François Guillocheau (Rennes), Cécile Robin (Paris),
Christian Ravenne (IFP) and Simon Lomas (Aberdeen).
If
you are interested in organising a field-trip to the Grès d’Annot, the
following routinely lead excursions to the area and would be happy to help:
Philippe Joseph (Institut Français du
Pétrole, France)
Simon Lomas (Aberdeen University, UK)
Bill McCaffrey (Leeds University,
UK)
Julian
Clark & Andy Gardiner (Heriot-Watt University, UK)
Hugh Sinclair (Edinburgh
University, UK)
For any other
enquiries, please contact
