Summer, 2002, Field Trip to Italian/French Alps

Ubaye bridge

(ABOVE) Bridge over Ubaye River, French Alps

Cervino (Matterhorn) from hotel in Cervinia (near Lago di Cignana, UHP locality)

Cervino/Matterhorn, which shows two spires from the Italian side

Lago Superiore, near exposures of Fe-Ti metagabbros at Monviso

Monviso, as viewed from Lago Superiore (our "home base" - Crissolo)

Mount Fraiteve, exposures of Schistes Lustres (HP/UHP-metamorphosed seafloor sediments)

Susa, our "home base" for study of Schistes Lustres, Jurassic ophiolites (below)

Jurassic ophiolite pillow basalt, exposed near Pic du Pelvat, Ubaye Valley, France - lithologies in this ophiolite exposure are quite similar to those represented at Lago di Cignana (ophiolite and cover sediment)

Sampling party (Ph.D. students: Robbie King, left; Long Li, right), Ubaye Valley, France, near Pic du Pelvat