2024-06-01 04:58:56
A seminar entitled “Land, water, stone: Tales of geology within the Vikos-Aoos Geopark” is organized by Epirus Growth SA. because the administration physique of the UNESCO World Geopark Vikos-Aoos, in collaboration with the Municipality of Konitsa, within the context of the Week of European Geoparks 2024 and the celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the creation of the World Community of UNESCO Geoparks.
The convention will happen at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 1, within the occasion corridor of the Konitsa City Corridor, and contains speeches by knowledgeable geologists on matters associated to rocks, water, springs, faults and earthquakes within the wider space of Konitsa and the Vikos-Aoos Geopark.
Particularly, this system of speeches is as follows:
• “UNESCO World Community of Geoparks: Celebrating 20 years” – PhD candidate Georgia Kitsaki and dr. Charitakis Papaioannou, Vikos-Aoou Geopark – Epirus Growth S.A.
• “Energetic faults and seismic hazard within the wider space of the Vikos-Aoos Geopark” – Alexandros Hatzipetros, affiliate professor on the Division of Geology of the Aristotle College of Thessaloniki (A.P.Th.)
• “The water, the blood of the Vikos-Aoos Geopark” – dr. Evangelos Nikolaou, head of the Epirus Regional Unit of the Hellenic Geological & Mineral Analysis Authority (E.A.G.M.E.)
• “From the ocean to the peaks of Tymfi and Smolikas: Minerals and Rocks of the Vikos-Aoos Geopark” – dr. Christos Stergiou, postdoctoral researcher on the Division of Geology of the Aristotle College of Thessaloniki (A.P.Th.).
At 5 pm on the identical day, a go to will likely be made to chose geosites of the Geopark, particularly to the “Neles” spring of Klidonia and the “Konitsa Rift”, the place the particular traits of every geological formation will likely be offered to the contributors on the spot (assembly within the village of Klidonia) .
On the identical time, each on Saturday 1st and on the morning of Sunday 2nd June, on the entrance of the Metropolis Corridor there would be the photographic exhibition “The Rocks of the UNESCO World Geopark Vikos-Aoos below the Microscope: Elements of their inside world”. The exhibition highlights unknown particulars of the minerals and rocks that make up the geodiversity and geoheritage of the Vikos – Aoos Geopark. The managers of the exhibition, geologists Margarita Melfou and Eftychia Peristeridou will likely be there to reply all of the questions of the attendees. The exhibition will likely be open on Saturday from 11am to 7pm and on Sunday from 10am to 2pm.