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Monte San Vicino (tallest peak, 1479 m) and the environs of Coldigioco. Coldigioco is located near the center of the image along one of the ridges ascending toward the mountain.

Field Camp 2006

In 2006 the Penn State Geosciences Field School was based at The Osservatorio Geologico di Coldigioco (OGC), an independent center for research and education in geology, art, and cuisine. Located in the tiny hilltop village of Coldigioco in the Apennine Mountains of central Italy, OGC consists of sleeping, eating, and living facilities, geological labs, art studios, kitchens, and a small fleet of vehicles.  Many of the buildings contain sections which were constructed 300-400 years ago.

Students

Bret D Dearolf    Erin M Malone Abigail P (Abbey) Rhode
Brooke A Fambrough, Dawn L Markiewicz William A Rouse
Poonam A Giri Michael P Mobilia Andrew D Stearns
Ian M Johnson Brian M Peightal Jesse D Thornburg

Faculty
  Dave Bice, Alessandro Montanari.  Don Fisher & Rudy Slingerland observed.

TA
   Kristen Morell
   

Click on the thumbnails to enlarge the images: (thanks to Ian Johnson for the images and IDs)

The village of Coldigioco

Buildings at Coldigioco

Bret, Brian, Mike, Jesse, Poonam, Abbey, ? near Coldigioco

Abbey, Billy, Andrew, Dave Bice, Jesse (in yellow), Brian (in front), Rob Hegemann near Coldigioco

Sandro Montanari, Brooke, Kristen, Abbey, Erin (in front), Billy near Coldigioco

Dave Bice, Brian, Rob Hegemann, Bret (foreground), Mike, Poonam, Dawn at outcrop near Coldigioco

Poonam, Erin, Bret (front), Jesse, Rob, Dave Bice, Brian, Dawn, Andrew, Brooke ? in a quarry near Gubbio

Examining the K-T boundary are Erin Sandro Montanari, Brooke, Poonam, Dawn, Brian, Abbey, Rob Hegemann, Kristen, Mike, and Dave Bice

Poonam at San Vitore

The mapping area in San Vitore

Jesse at San Vitore

Furlo Gorge

Kate Freeman (back of her head), Sandro Montanari, Jenn Macalady and (background) Dawn and Rob near Ancona

The shore at Ancona. Heidi Albrecht in the foreground.

Mike, Poonam, Billy, Jesse in Sibilinni National Park

Erin and Brooke, Siblinni National Park

The learning center at Coldigioco

(CW) Bret, Dawn, Erin, Poonam, Jesse, Andrew, Mike, and Brian dining at Cingoli

Andrew, Mike, Poonam, Erin at Col Rodello in the Dolomites

Mike and Jesse at Col Rodello

Billy, Poonam, and Brian (in the distance) at Col Rodello

Don Fisher, Mike, Bret, Dawn, Brooke, Andrew, Brian, Jesse, Erin, and Abbey on the road into Tuscany

Poonam, Dawn, and Erin on the road into Tuscany

Brian and Erin (foreground) in a marble quarry in Tuscany

Erin, Bret, Kristen (in front), Poonam, Sandro Montanari, and Dawn in the marble quarry

A medieval house in Tuscany, roofed with metamorphic rock

Brian, Andrew, and Erin (in shadows) looking over the mapping area in Tuscany

Erin, Brian, Jesse, Andrew (in green), Bret, and Dawn in the mapping area in Tuscany

Mike, Bret, and Billy on Mt Sibillinni

Andrew, Bret, and Mike on Mt Sibillinni