MID-CONFERENCE FIELD TRIP
Date: September 7, 2022
Route: Kraków and its close vicinity
Cost: included in the conference fee
Preliminary program of the mid-conference field trip (the program may change a little bit):
- Kościuszko Mound – general view, micromorphology of Palaeolithic stand of Spadzista
- Genesis, properties, mineral transformations and record of soil-forming processes in micromorphology of soils developed from loess (Chernozem, Nowa Huta – Kościelniki; Luvisol, Bronowice – Mydlniki)
- Soil Museum
POST-CONFERENCE FIELD TRIP
Post-conference field trip after ICoSM 2022 will be a three-day Polish Upland tour with emphasis to micromorphology of: soils developed from loess, gypsum and carbonate rocks; paleosols in Quaternary sequences; fossil Jurassic Podzols; Technosols in metal mining areas; Permian-Triassic weathering red covers.
We also plan to see several tourist attractions of the region. The trip is a good opportunity to learn about Polish upland landscapes and Polish cuisine.
This field trip is optional and is NOT included in the conference fee. The number of participants is limited!
Date: September 9–11, 2022
Route: Kraków – Sandomierz – Chęciny – Kraków
Cost: 200 EUR
Preliminary program of the post-conference field trip (the program may change a little bit):
DAY 1 (SEPTEMBER 9, 2022)
Route: Kraków – Sandomierz
Points:
- Chotel Czerwony – outcrops of Miocene gypsum rock; soils developed from gypsum; xerothermic meadows
- Smerdyna – piping in Miocene detrital limestones; processes of translocation of Fe oxides and clays in Quaternary loams filling the pipes
- Szewce and Polanów – paleosols in Quaternary sequences
Accomodation in Sandomierz (evening town tour with a guide)
DAY 2 (SEPTEMBER 10, 2022)
Route: Sandomierz – Chęciny
Points:
- Krzemionki Opatowskie – a Neolithic and early Bronze Age complex of flint mines for the extraction of Upper Jurassic (Oxfordian) banded flints (a visit with a guide)
- Rudki – an ancient iron mine and contemporary Fe sulphide and uranium mine; Technosols developed from mine tailings containing Fe sulphides
- Niekłań Wielki – outcrops of Lower Jurassic sandstones with fossil Jurassic Podzols
- Zagnańsk Zachełmie quarry – (OPTIONAL) outcrops of Middle Devonian carbonate rocks with tetrapod tracks (the oldest land animal tracks found in the world till now)
Accommodation in the European Centre for Geological Education, Korzecko village near Chęciny town
DAY 3 (SEPTEMBER 11, 2022)
Route: Chęciny – Kraków
Points:
- Medieval castle in Chęciny (a visit with a guide)
- Błędowska Desert – an anthropogenic sand field occurring in an area of the Central Europe’s largest accumulation of loose sands
The trip ends on September 11 in the evening (please do not book your flight that day!).