Fourth Edition of the Geo Logica Salt Basins Field Trip

Another successful Geo Logica Salt Basins Field Trip took place last week, between Algarve and Lusitanian Basins in Portugal.

The world-class exposures at mines, quarries and coastal outcrops visited allowed participants to consolidate their knowledge of salt deposition processes and tectonic principles and understand its implications on their daily work activities.

At the outcrops we observed how hydrocarbons can be generated and accumulated in and around salt structures, and discuss potential drilling issues and geohazard prediction while working with these structures for energy production and storage.

Many thanks to PETROBRAS PETROLEO BRASILEIRO SA and the Staatstoezicht op de Mijnen (SodM) for the ideas shared during the fourth edition of this comprehensive field-based training course. Special thanks to Ian Davison for joining us again in the field and for helping making this course a world reference in salt tectonics training.

Stay tuned to our media and website for future training courses and activities, or just contact us to tailor-suite a field-based training course for your team.

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Geo Logica at the "Salt Tectonics for the Energy Transition" Conference

Over the past two days Geo Logica participated in a super concentrated salty conference organized by Gonzalo Zamora Valcarce, Heijn van Gent , Oliver Duffy, Oriol Ferrer, Lorena G Moscardelli and Sian Evans at the Geological Society of London,

We were fascinated to have witness a great selection of talks related to the ultra important role of “salt tectonics in the energy transition”. Also extremelly grateful to have been given the opportunity to contribute as well with one Geo Logica presentation entitled “Understanding the riddles of energy and CO2 geostorage in and around salt structures from field examples in Portugal”

Amazing work is being carried out by this diverse, highly motivated, passionate and super fun group of professionals. Please keep bringing those super saturated and highly heterogeneous range of salty topics!

It was great to catch up with colleagues and friends and to meet new ones, in particular those I have been trying to meet personally for quite a while. Even so, with all the excitement, didn’t manage to meet you all! Need to wait for the next salty gathering!

Many thanks to you all for making these last two days another epic event at The Geological Society of London

Related link: https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/expired/09-Salt-Tectonics-24

Geo Logica Presenting at IMAGE 2024 (Houston)

Geo Logica Managing director Pedro Barreto presented this week at IMAGE 2024 (joint SEG /AAPG) International Meeting of Applied Geosciences & Energy in Houston, Texas, the study entitled “Structural aspects of magmatic rocks: comparison between outcrop and seismic data from central Western Iberian Margin. Relevance for O&G, CCS and Natural Hydrogen.”

This work was developed in conjunction with João Mata (IDL), Tiago Cunha (Integrated Geochemical Interpretation Ltd) Marianne Nuzzo (Integrated Geochemical Interpretation Ltd) and Ricardo Pereira (@GeoBioTec / IDL), as part of a field-based training course that took place last May in Portugal.

More info: https://imageevent.aapg.org/portals/26/abstracts/2024/4100907.pdf

Conjugate Margins Conference 2024 Geo Logica Field Trip

Last weekend we run the joint Conjugate Margins Conference 2024 Geo Logica Field trip entitled “Structural Aspects of Magmatic Rocks: Outcrops Vs seismic and implications on HC potential and CCS”.

On Day 1, we looked at structures associated with intrusive magmatism associated with the Sintra Igneous Complex, around Peninha, Guincho, Cabo da Roca, Praia Grande and Lomba dos Pianos.

On Day 2, we looked into structural styles of extrusions associated to the Lisbon Volcanic Complex, around Anços, Penedo do Lexim and Fanhões.

Many thanks to all the participants and co-instructor Tiago Cunha for the constructive discussions and shared ideas throughout these two days and for making this another epic Geo Logica Field trip.

More info: Geo Logica Training Courses

Geo Logica on the Dutch TV show “Earth Challenge”

Recently, Geo Logica had the pleasure of participating on the Dutch TV show “Earth Challenge” episode 3:

https://npo.nl/start/serie/earth-challenge_1/seizoen-1/leven-op-het-land/afspelen

This is where GeoAdventure meets GeoCommunication! We went after Trilobites of ancient seas at the top of a mountain! It was a great day in the mountains looking for trilobites, abseiling cliffs in the search of their marks left on an ancient seafloor (“Cruziana” trace fossils) and meet fantastic people such as Stephanie and the KRO.NCRV film crew.

Many thanks to Sergio Esperancinha, Joana Rodrigues, Sofia Pereira, Marco Dias and the KRO.NCRV production team for helping putting this amazing day together.

Come with us to discover a planet in constant change!

Pittsburg-Johnstown University Geology Club Field Trip to Portugal

During the last 7 days Geo Logica took the Pittsburg-Johnstown University Geology Club on a field trip in Portugal that started in the north of the country and went all the way to the its southernmost tip.

This field trip was entitled “from Pangea to the Atlantic Opening”.

The group crossed the Douro valley and understood its geological evolution, from an endorheic to an exorheic basin, and its influence on the local terroir. Then looked at the Variscan Orogeny and the formation of Pangea at Foz do Douro metamorphic complex together with local expert Monica Sousa.

Afterwards, drove along Portugal’s central Atlantic coast, passing by Nazaré, Alcobaça, Óbidos and Peniche where the club observed salt diapirs, exhumed oil field, the formation process of giant waves and the Toarcian GSSP at Ponta do Trovão (Peniche).

Continuing southwards along the country, the participants went inside a squeezed salt diapir at Loulé, discovering how this structure was formed and why our lives wouldn’t be possible without the salt of the Earth!

Almost at the end of the field trip the group observed one of the most amazing outcrops in the world, the Ponta do Telheiro Angular Unconformity at Vila do Bispo. If James Hutton was Portuguese, this place would be his Siccar Point! In a nutshell, at this extraordinary Geosite the Pennsylvanian (Carboniferous) Brejeira Formation turbidites, tightly folded by the Variscan Orogeny, are truncated and overlain by Upper Triassic Silves Formation red beds, materializing a sedimentary hiatus of more than 70 million years. A superb chevron anticline affecting Carboniferous turbidites resembles a shed roof gives the name of this site, known as Praia do Telheiro.

The last outcrops visited where observed during a superb boat trip along the Central Algarve coast, where the students had the opportunity to study coastal erosional processes and even observe dolphins in their natural habitat.

Before flying back home,, the group had a final cultural stop at Lisbon, the country Capital.

For more info about Geo Logica Field Trips for Universities please contact us via letsdiscover@geologica.xyz

From Satellite to Field: Application of recent technologies in structural geological mapping

Last month Geo Logica run the course “From Satellite to Field: Application of recent technologies in structural geological mapping” in partnership Associação Portuguesa de Geólogos.

The main objective was to learn about a methodology that uses modern technologies (GIS freeware and geological mobile apps) together with satellite imagery to carry out detailed structural geology mapping in the field.

This three day training course included two days of in-class lectures and data compilation to use in the field, and one day ground checking previously compiled data and collecting new field data with GPS mobile apps.

The lectures were held in the Geological Museum of the National Energy and Geology Laboratory (LNEG) and field work took place between Palmela and Serra de São Luis (Portugal).

Geo Logica would like thanks APG for organising this training course, as well as the participants for attending and contributing for a successful course, and LNEG for hosting the event in the always mesmerising Museu Geológico de Portugal.

More info about this training course on our website: From Satellite to Field training course

Third Edition of the Geo Logica Salt Basins Field Trip

Last week latest we run the third Iteration of the Geo Logica Salt Basins field-based training course in portugal.

Not even the forecasted rain unsettled the participants urge to go back to the field looking to the amazing salty outcrops… salt geos don’t dissolve!!!

We are honoured for once again have gathered another enthusiastic group of geoscientist from academia, mining and energy industries.

Geo Logica hopes to see you all again (includ. all past field trip participants!) in the future somewhere on this planet in constant change!

For all those yet to be met in future training courses, keep tuned for the upcoming news regarding next year fieldtrip and training courses:

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GeoAdventure Via Ferrata Weekend In portugal

This weekend we had another great Via Ferrata GeoAdventure in Central Portugal with a cheerful group, now Geo Logica friends!

We had the opportunity of understanding the origin of the rocks and landscapes where we hiked and climbed while discovering the local culture and gastronomy.

Many thanks for your companionship and spirit during this excellent adventure on a planet in constant change.

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Second Edition of the Geo Logica Salt Basins Field trip

The second edition of the Geo Logica Salt basins Field Trip in Portugal was organised in collaboration with the AAPG Salt Basins Technical Interest Group and took place between March 27th to 31st, 2023.

Once again the field trip counted with participants from both academia and industry, from oil and gas, mining and energy storage sectors. It was lead by Pedro Barreto and counted with Prof. Ian Davison as main instructor and Ricardo Pereira as instructor and guide.

What a fantastic week this was with such an amazing and enthusiastic group of colleagues… now also friends!
A huge thanks to you all ( Michael Hudec, Mark Rowan, Csaba Krézsek, Lucia-Elena Soveja-Iacob, Mauricio Garcia, Christopher Paschke, Ana María García Domínguez, Laura Cortes Hermoso de Mendoza, Paul Griffiths, Holly Vescogni, Rui Frutuoso, Doug Kepert, Aleksis Vigdorciks, Gonzalo Zamora Valcarce and Pedro Baptista) for believing in our project and for your support and thrust during the second iteration of Geo Logica AAPG Salt Basins Technical Interest Group Field Trip.