July 15-25, 2024
The summer course “Geology Camp in the Central Pyrenees” is a training activity of the UPM, within the specific catalog of the Higher Technical School of Mines and Energy, recognized with two (2) ECTS credits. It is sponsored by the Gómez Pardo Foundation, he Geological and Mining Institute of Spain and the Official College of Mining Engineers of the Center.
This course began in 1957, and since then it has been continued uninterruptedly, being of special interest and approval for teachers and students related to geology. It develops in the transversal section of the South-Central Pyrenees, from the Sierras Marginales to the Alta Cadena.
It is an activity that brings together professionals and students, both Spanish and foreign, which is why it constitutes an indisputable source of exchange, not only in the professional and cultural part, but also in the field of human relations.
Who are we?
. History of the camps
The first camp was organized in 1955, under the direction of Prof. José María Ríos. Since then, they have been held every summer (except 2008 and 2012), during the month of July. Once Prof. José María Ríos retires, the management of the camp passes to prof. Luis María Ríos Aragües.
Until 1988, the function of the Camps was field work, to update the geological cartography of the Pyrenees, a task that was completed in the XXXIV Pont de Suert Camp.
At that moment, it was decided to take advantage of the great knowledge about the Aragonese Pyrenees and the Camps began to have a more educational focus for those attending.
. Goals
The Course is an activity open to students and professionals from educational centers, national or foreign. In a theoretical-practical modality, it seeks to transmit knowledge in direct contact with the terrain, favoring the performance of eminently practical exercises in carefully chosen typical locations.
The knowledge acquired each day is subjected to debates in which solutions, ideas and conclusions are presented that enrich the teaching character and the research vocation of the students.
The course takes place in a setting between the transversal of the South-Central Pyrenees, from the Sierras Marginales to the Alta Cadena.
. Programs
- 0. Visit to the ENAGAS CO2 capture and storage center, in the town of Jaca.
- 1. Alpine cycle: Relationship between alpine and Paleozoic units: Aguas Tuertas. Aragón Subordán. Made.
- 2. Alpine Cycle: Flysch and Eocene marls. Cut to the Oligocene. Made in Jaca.
- 3. Alpine Cycle: Relationship between Alpine and Paleozoic units.
- 4. Alpine Cycle: Central South Pyrenean Unit. Series from the Upper Cretaceous to the Eocene. Pyrenean tectonics. Ordesa Biescas.
- 5. Alpine Cycle: Central South Pyrenean Unit. Series from the Upper Cretaceous to the Eocene. Pyrenean tectonics. Añisclo. Bielsa.
- 6. Alpine Cycle: Central South Pyrenean Unit. Cotiella, Monte Perdido and Gavarnie units. Route through Collado de Sahún to Pineta. Stowage and La Larri. Bielsa.
- 7. Hercynian Cycle: Paleozoic, from the Ordovician to the Carboniferous. Granites. Contact metamorphism. Valibierna and Plan de d'Estang. Benasque.
- 8. Hercynian Cycle: Paleozoic, from the Silurian to the Carboniferous. Devonian series. Baliera and Sierra Negra units. Hercynian tectonics. Benasque.
- 9. Hercynian Cycle: Paleozoic, from the Silurian to the Carboniferous. Rueda and Cerler Mountain Court. Benasque.
. Contact
Teacher Domingo Alfonso Martín Sánchez
Director of the Pyrenees Geology Camp
ETS of Mining and Energy Engineers
Calle Ríos Rosas, 21. 28003
Madrid.
Tel: +34 91 336 9151
E-mail:
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Teacher Jorge Luis Costafreda Mustelier
Technical Secretary of the Pyrenees Geology Camp
Gómez Pardo Foundation
Alenza Street, 1 - 28003.
Madrid.
Tel: +34 91 336 7025
Fax: +34 91 442 9529
E-mail:
Activities
- IG Practicum (4th GIG)
- Extension of the Practicum (4th GIG)
- Mineralogy and Petrology (3rd GIG)
- Geology of Materials (3rd GITM)
- Deposits (4th GIG)
- Minerals and Industrial Rocks (2nd MUIM)
Publications
The more than half a century that the Camp has been studying the Spanish Central Pyrenees has given rise to different works and publications by its members.
Whether it was the field work that later gave rise to to many of the MAGNA Cartas of the Pyrenees that are currently published by the IGME. Explanatory books on the Geology and Tectonics of the environment. Or explanatory brochures about the Camp or area of interest in the long-studied environment.
We thought it would be interesting for the conferences and presentations that various members of the Camp to appear here, in case they were of interest to you.
. Conferences
. Brochures
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Institutions
In this space we want to highlight all those public and private institutions that collaborate for the proper development of this initiative.
We hope to continue sharing the path, as well as that new institutions will join us to enrich the Camp. Thanks to your support and the work of our volunteers, this activity has allowed us to train engineers in one of the best natural laboratories which we can show off in our country
. Organizers
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. Sponsors
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