RETREAT MEETING
Excelsior Hotel, Portonovo, Italia
13 – 16 March 2005

Sunday, 13 March
Monday, 14 March
Tuesday, 15 March
Wednesday, 16 March

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Sunday, 13 March

0800 BREAKFAST
0900 Introduction to meeting goals. Mark Brandon and Frank Pazzaglia.
0930 Update from CATSCAN and MEDUSA projects – Mike Steckler and Wiki Royden.
1000 Geomorphology Group Reports – Frank Pazzaglia organizing.
  Frank J. Pazzaglia Summary of Geomorphology Group Activities
  James Cascione Middle Pleistocene terraces of the Reno valley
  Karl Wegmann A comparison of fluvial stratigraphy and incision between Emilia Romagna and Le Marche
  M. Eppes, R. Bierma Holocene – l.Pleist. terraces and active faults
  A. Cyr, D. Granger Erosion rates in Romagna, fluvial and marine terraces ages
  P. Molin, F. Dramis Map of Plio-Quaternary deposits (POSTER)
  Coltorti, M. Evidence for and against growing folds in Le Marche and Abruzzo.
  Galdenzi et al Development and incision of the Mt. Cucco caves
  Mariani et al Analogue models of the Apennine landscape
1130 Geodesy Group Reports – Rick Bennett organizing.
  Rick Bennett Summary of GPS activities since June, 2004
  Tomislav Basic Report on GPS projects in Croatia
1300-1500 LUNCH Break
1500 Structural Geology Group Reports – Darrel Cowan organizing.
  Darrel Cowan Summary of structural geology activites
  Vincenzo Picotti The evidence for an active range front fault or flexure of the Bologna mountain front
  G. Casale, G. Molli Summary of research in Alpi Apuane
1630 Thermochronology Group Reports – Mark Brandon organizing.
1800 Geodynamics Group Reports – Sean Willet organizing.
1930 Group discussions
2000 DINNER

 

Monday, 14 March

0800 BREAKFAST
0900 Geophysics Group Reports – Jeff Park organizing.
1100 Break-out groups and group planning sessions.
1200-1300 LUNCH break
1300 Mt. Cornero Field trip
1500 Merenda at Cornero Hotel, STOP 3 of field trip
1800 Return to Portonovo
2000 DINNER
2200 Slideshow presentation: “From Sargassi to Frasassi: Holocene journey of an eel into a tectonically active mountain range” by Alessandro Montanari.

 

Tuesday, 15 March

0800 BREAKFAST
0900 Break-out groups and group planning sessions. Groups plan papers to be written.
1100 Group Reports
1300-1500 LUNCH Break
1500 RETREAT II Group Planning
1800 Meeting ends
2000 BANQUET

 

Wednesday, 16 March

0700 BREAKFAST
0730 Depart on Field trip
1300 LUNCH at Gubbio
1700 Field trip ends
1800 Fabriano Train Station
1815 Remaining participants return to Coldigioco.