International Educational programmes
Siberian Summer Geological Expedition
Сome with us to one of the most beautiful places in the world!
Посетите с нами самое красивое место на Земле!
Come with us to the Altai!
Students of the Department of Geology and Geophysics of Novosibirsk State University
have had the opportunity to work on probation in the Mountainous Altai since 1963.
The United Institute of Geology, Geophysics and Mineralogy of the Siberian Branch of
the Russian Academy of Sciences conducts an extensive research in the field of paleo
geodynamics in the Altai Mountains, which is the central part of the Ural-Mongolian
folded belt of Eurasia (known as the Altaides Belt). This Institute has close ties to
this Department and this field training.
Excursions and international symposia
We have many scientific excursions to the Mountainous Altai Region; these excursions
are partly connected with the international geologic symposia. Scientists and lecturers
from the USA, Japan, Belgium, Germany and other countries supervise the field research
and other international projects in this area. Our Department, from 1986 to 1999,
had regular exchanges with the universities of the foreign countries which representatives
worked on probation with our students and professors in the Mountainous Altai Region.
You’ll see a wide range of geological phenomena
All of the geological objects at the training site are located along a highway M-52,
which goes from Novosibirsk via Gorno-Altaisk to Tashanta, a settlement near Mongolia.
The mountain landscape and geological outcrops begin with the 417th km from Novosibirsk
and extend till the 950th km after Kosh-Agach. Through a distance of 500 km via the
Altai mountains, we observe many different changes; climatic zones, altitude levels
of relief from the West-Siberian Plain to low and middle erosional mountain surface
(up to an alt. of 2500m), also high mounts with alpine type relief (alt. 3500-4200m).
As far as geology is concerned, the site has a wide range of Palaeozoic
cretional-cillisional sedimentary, metamorphic and magmatic rock formations,
and uncomformly overlying Cenozoic sedimentary deposits of orogenic complex.
There are deposits of lignites and coals, as well as non-ferrous metals, hematite,
cinnabar and rare metal ores on the site.
Paleovolcano, Batholide and Seismic dislocation ...
Participating in the training, students make geological observations and prepare
documents stating the extensive diversity of the objects and geologic processes
[for example - "Paleovolcano", "Batholite", "Row of formations/sedimentary-volcanic",
"Glacier", "Seismic dislocation", "Springs", and so on]. All in all, there are over
100 geologic objects prepared for training. The general goals of the Mountainous Altai
field training are specially tailored for students’ educational needs.
The general goals of the field training:
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Strengthening of theoretic knowledge of general geology by studying objects of nature;
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Acquiring beginning skills of topographic orientation in landscape, geological
observations and documentation;
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Acquiring methods of logic analysis and the generalisation of collected facts;
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Acquiring beginning skills to organize work in independent field research.
For each group of 4 students to make all necessary work in the field camp,
including cooking the meals on the campfire for the whole group of 38 people;
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Acquiring skills to be careful with the rules of safety measures in hard mountain conditions.
Our thematic groups and divisions
During the educational process on probation, the training objects are usually
subdivided into the following thematic divisions:
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Modern geologic processes;
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Geomorphology and neotectonics;
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Exogenous processes;
Geological bodies (composition, structure, and forms)
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Magmatic minerals, rocks, formations;
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Hydrothermal minerals, rocks, formations;
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Sedimentary minerals, rocks, formations;
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Deformations. Metamorphism;
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Unconformity between geological complexes;
To the end of field practice, each student group has to write a short
geological field-report together and defend it in the field camp on the
bank of the Katun River, the largest river in the Altai Mountains.
Starting date
Начало программы
Start – 30 June
End – 16 July
Living conditions
Условия проживания
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All members of the group live in the field camp. Meal is cooked on the campfire 3 times a day;
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Accommodation in tents while at the campsite;
Temperature
Температура
The temperature depends on the height of the location compared to sea level, on the configuration
of the surrounding area and on the angle of the mountain area. The average temperature in June
is 16 degrees Celsius at a height of 1000m. Some days or weeks it can reach 28 – 32 degrees Celsius.
Our prices
Наши цены
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Geological Expedition, 2 weeks - 395 USD
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Accommodation in Novosibirsk:
Dormitory, Single Room (without meals) 1 night - 5 USD
Dormitory, Double Room (without meals) 1 night - 4 USD
The price for the geological expedition includes:
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Visa support;
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Meals and living in the camp;
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Journey: Novosibirsk – camp – Novosibirsk with several stops (by bus, 850km - one way);
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Geological program;
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Excursions;
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a Certificate of participation;
The price doesn't include:
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Accommodation in Novosibirsk;
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Medical insurance;
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