Main organizers: Romanian Society of Applied Geophysics (SGAR) & International Lithosphere Program -Task Force VI (ILP)
Attendance: researchers and students from Romania, Poland, United Arab Emirates, Netherlands, Italy, Portugal
Total participants: 20
Field-Trip Guides: Liviu Matenco (Utrecht University, Nederlands), Florina Tuluca (SGAR & University of Bucharest, Faculty Geology and Geophysics & Institute of Geodynamics of the Romanian Academy) and Ioan Munteanu (University of Bucharest, Faculty Geology and Geophysics, Romania & Institute of Geodynamics of the Romanian Academy)
The field trip itinerary started from Bucharest and consisted of visiting 3 geopoints points along the Slanic Valley : the Slanic Prahova Salt Mine, the Badenian tuf outcrop also known as the Green Mountain) and Chiortani Hills.
The “Green Mountain” is a Middle Miocene-Badenian tuf level that outcrops at the flank of the Slanic syncline and represents the product of an important eruptive level which can be correlated across the Carpathians with the Dej tuf in the Transylvanian Basin. The green colour of the rock is related to the zeolitization process. Above this level the Badenian Salt level can be encountered, defining the central part of the syncline. This evaporitic event is a regional one, salt deposits of this age, being encountered all around the Carpathians from Poland to Romania. The field trip included a descending at 200m below ground level, where Unirea salt mine chambers of heights of 54m allowed to make direct observation of the salt layers. The group was also informed about the research facility related to the gamma-spectrometric sample activity measurement unit (UMAP) located in the former salt mine and the hazards triggered by mining activity.
Organizing committee: Florina Tuluca (SGAR & University of Bucharest, Faculty Geology and Geophysics & Institute of Geodynamics of the Romanian Academy), Irina Stanciu (SGAR & GeoEcoMar), Liviu Matenco (Utrecht University, Nederlands & International Lithosphere Program), Ioan Munteanu (University of Bucharest, Faculty Geology and Geophysics & Institute of Geodynamics of the Romanian Academy)
