Field School in Javakheti – September 1–4
Topic:
The field school program includes both theoretical and practical courses in Earth sciences.
The field school program includes both theoretical and practical courses in Earth sciences.
Lectures will be delivered by Georgian and American professors.
Organizer:
Institute of Earth Sciences and National Seismic Monitoring Center at Ilia State University
Institute of Earth Sciences and National Seismic Monitoring Center at Ilia State University
Location:
The school will be held in Javakheti, in the town of Akhalkalaki, at the Institute’s observatory base.
The school will be held in Javakheti, in the town of Akhalkalaki, at the Institute’s observatory base.
Accommodation:
Participants will have the option to stay either in tents or in cottages. Transportation, meals, and full accommodation will be provided by the Institute.
Participation Requirements:
- Bachelor’s students of Ilia State University are eligible to participate (except those enrolled in the Earth Sciences program).
- Students must have completed at least their fourth semester.
- Spaces are limited, so students will be selected based on a competitive process. Candidates must send a motivation letter to ies@iliauni.edu.ge, describing their interest in Earth sciences and including their full name, year of study, faculty, and program.
- The deadline for sending the motivation letter is August 22 at 14:00.
- Participation is free of charge.
Summer School Program:
- September 1:
- 10:00 – Departure from Tbilisi to Akhalkalaki
- 14:00 – Arrival in Akhalkalaki and setting up camp
- 15:00 – Free time
- 18:00 – Dinner
- 19:30 – Introduction to the Field School program
- 20:00 – Lecture and Q & A: Geomorphology and Surface Water Runoff (in English)
Professor Raymond Torres, University of South Carolina (USA) - 20:40 – Lecture and Q & A: Geophysics – Electrical Resistance Survey and Seismic Profiling (in Georgian)
Head of the Institute’s Department of Applied Geophysics Dimitri Akubardia and researcher David Tsiklauri. - 21:10 – Free time
- September 2:
- 09:00 – Breakfast
- 10:00 – Practice: Field work on electrical resistivity and seismic profiles
Head of the Institute`s Department of Applied Geophysics Dimitri Akubardia and researcher David Tsiklauri - 14:00 – Lunch
- 15:30 – Data processing
Head of the Institute`s Department of Applied Geophysics Dimitri Akubardia and researcher David Tsiklauri - 17:00 – Free time
- 18:30 – Dinner
- 20:00 – Lecture and Q & A: GPR theory, techniques, and case studies (in English)
Professor Juan Lorenzo, Louisiana State University (USA) - 20:40 – Positioning and measurements using GNSS and RTK and Q & A (in Georgian)
Head of the Institute’s Department of Geodesy Givi Gventsadze - 21:10 – Free time
- September 3:
- 09:00 – Breakfast
- 10:00 – Practice: GeoRadar profiling and GNSS RTK use
Head of the Institute’s Department of Applied Geophysics Dimitri Akubardia and researcher David Tsiklauri; Head of the Institute’s Department of Geodesy Givi Gventsadze - 14:00 – Lunch
- 15:30 – Data processing
Head of the Institute’s Department of Applied Geophysics Dimitri Akubardia and researcher David Tsiklauri; Head of the Institute’s Department of Geodesy Givi Gventsadze - 17:00 – Free time
- 18:30 – Dinner
- 20:00 – Lecture and Q & A: Seismicity and Hazard Assessment of Georgia (in Georgian)
Professor Zurab Javakhishvili, Ilia State University - 20:40 – Lecture and Q & A: Geology and evolution of the Lesser Caucasus (in Georgian)
Researchers of the Institute`s Geology Department Rabi Gabrielashvili and Salome Gogoladze - 21:10 – Free time
- September 4:
- 9:00 – Breakfast
- 11:00 – Departure to Tbilisi