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Liz Chesser '04
Please direct any departmental questions
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Page Last Updated May 30, 2002
Contents Copyright 2001-2 Beloit College
Website designed and
maintained
by
Liz Chesser '04
Please direct any departmental questions
to Chair Carl Mendelson
Page Last Updated May 30, 2002
Contents Copyright 2001-2 Beloit College
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28 July (Wednesday): |
Leave Chicago at 4:10 pm, terminal 5, SwissAir 125 |
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29 July (Thursday): |
Arrive Zürich at 7:40 am; Drive to Luzern to spend the day getting acclimated. Stay in Luzern. |
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30 July (Friday): |
Helvetic nappes, Glarus Thrust, and panorama of Falknis nappe. Klausenpass-Lochseite-Kerenzerberg-Prattigau. Stay in Landquart. |
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31 July (Saturday): |
N-S section parallel to the western margin of the Austroalpine nappes. Chur-Lenzerheide-Tiefencastel- Bergun-Abulapass-Piz Alv-Pontresina. Stay in Pontresina — Morteratsch. |
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1 Aug. (Sunday): |
Lower Austroalpine nappes. Cable car to St. Moritz- Piz Nair. Decent Piz Nair — Corviglia- St. Moritz. Stay in Pontresina — Morteratsch. |
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2 Aug. (Monday): |
Engadine line, eastern contact (roof) of the Bergell intrusion. Walk up Val Forno. Stay at the Forno Hut. |
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3 Aug. (Tuesday): |
Bergell granite, Chiavenna ophiolite, Tambo Nappe. Maloja-Chiavenna-Novate. Stay in Colico, Italy. |
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4 Aug. (Wednesday): |
Gruf complex, western contact (floor) of the Bergell intrusion, Novate granite. Stay in Colico, Italy. |
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Lepontine migmatites, Insubric line, Pseudotacalites, Lavertezzo. Stay in Locarno. |
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| 6 Aug. (Friday): |
Lepontine metamorphism. Cable car to near P. Campolungo. Stay in Locarno. |
| 7 Aug. (Saturday): | Val d’Ossola section, Insubric line, Lower Penninic nappes of western Switzerland, Simplon fault. Stay in Täsch. |
| 8 Aug. (Sunday): |
Overview of the Upper Penninic nappes. Zermatt-Gornergrat-Zermatt Stay in Täsch. |
| 9 Aug. (Monday): | Day off in Zermatt. Go Skiing? Stay in Täsch. |
| 10 Aug. (Tuesday): | Jura Mountains, Alsace wineries. Stay in Labaroche, France. |
| 11 Aug. (Wednesday): | View eclipse in Strasbourg. Drive to Zurich via Basel. |