Dear colleagues, The Association of European Geological Societies (AEGS) and the Geological Society of Romania (GSR) cordially invite you to join the 16th Meeting of the Association (MAEGS-16) and the Annual Meeting of the Romanian Geological Society which will be held between 9 to 13 July 2009, in Cluj-Napoca - the heart of Transylvania (Romania). The AEGS is an international organisation promoting all fields of geosciences, and is supported by

Mesozoic ophiolitic and related rocks in the Eastern Carpathians occur in three areas, from north to south: Rarau, Haghimas and Persani Mts. They are found as blocks ranging from few metres to a few kilometers in size and as centimetre-sized in breccias, most likely embedded in the Late Barremian–Early Albian Wildflysch formation. Compositionally, they range from lherzolites and harzburgites to mafics such as FeTi gabbros, dolerites, basalts, and

MINERALOGICAL AND PETROGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ROMAN CERAMICS FROM NAPOCA (Abstract) Samples of fine, semifine and coarse Roman ceramics were studied by means of optical microscopy in plan-polarized light and X-Ray diffraction. Based on the mineralogical and petrographic features, three main groups of ceramic body (paste) were found: 1. Fine ceramic paste (fine ceramics), with components smaller than 0.01 mm. They consist of clay minerals,

In the Transylvanian Depression (Romania) a number of deep wells were drilled to investigate and exploit methane gas fields. From these, only a few penetrated the Middle to Upper Jurassic volcanics in the basement. From three boreholes (Deleni, Cenade and Zoreni) rock samples were available for investigations. Deleni and Cenade show calc-alkaline basalts to andesites which are similar to the island arc volcanics of the Southern Apuseni Mountains.

Modeling and firing technology – reflected in the textural features and the mineralogy of the ceramics from Neolithic sites in Transylvania (Romania)

Abstract: The western belt of the Southern Albanian ophiolites consists of six major ophiolite massifs (Voskopoja, Rehove, Morava, Devolli, Vallamara, Shpati) and two smaller ones (Luniku and Stravaj). Each massif has a distinct sequence of mantle tectonites, ultramafic cumulates (plagioclase-bearing peridotites and wehrlites), cumulate gabbros, troctolites and isotropic gabbros. Voskopoja, Rehove and Morava have predominantly lherzolites as mantle