Historical perspectives
The first “Alpine Workshop” has been organized in 1993 in Grenoble (France) under the name “Géoatelier alpin”. From the subsequent meeting (Basel,
Switzerland 1995) the conference changed its name in “Alpine Workshop on Alpine Geological Studies”, a name that will be used up to 2011 (Saint Florent, Corsica). 2013 represents an important year in the history of the “Alpine Workshop” that officially became an EGU (European Geosciences Union) meeting, assuming the name of “Emile Argand Conference on Alpine Geological Studies”. The name was chosen in honour of one of the greatest Alpine geologists, namely Emile Argand (1879-1940), whose masterpieces are an exceptionally fine geological map of the Dent Blanche nappe and large-scale syntheses (from the Alps to Eurasia). E. Argand was a convinced mobilist, expanding ideas from E. Suess and A. Wegener.
Argand E. (1911) – Les nappes de recouvrement des Alpes Pennines et leur prolongement structuraux. Mat. carte géol. Suisse, N.S., XXXI livr.
Argand E. (1916) – Sur l’arc des Alpes Occidentales. Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae (Lausanne), 14, pp. 145-192.
Argand E. (1924) – La Tectonique de l’Asie. Compte-rendu du XIIIe Congrès géologique international (Belgique,1922), 1, p. 171-372.
From 1993 to today, eight European countries have hosted the “Alpine Workshop”. In most cases, the meetings have been organized by collaborative teams, formed by scientists from different countries. Several special volumes have been published after the meetings, collecting works presented in the form of talks and posters during the workshops.
This map documents the history of the Emile Argand Conference. It shows nicely how the entire Alpine geological community has contributed through time to the success of this meeting.
OVERVIEW
14. Sion 2019
Emile Argand Conference on Alpine Geological Studies
(14th Alpine Workshop)
Sion (Switzerland) – 04-06 September 2019
Publication: Swiss Journal of Geosciences
13. Zlatibor 2017
Emile Argand Conference on Alpine Geological Studies
(13th Alpine Workshop)
Zlatibor (Serbia) – 7-18 September 2017
Publication: Swiss Journal of Geosciences, 112 (1), 2019
12. Montgenèvre/Briançon 2015
Emile Argand Conference on Alpine Geological Studies
(12th Alpine Workshop)
Montgenève/Briançon (France) – 13-19 September 2015
Publication: Swiss Journal of Geosciences, 110 (2), 2017
11. Schladming 2013
Emile Argand Conference on Alpine Geological Studies
(11th Alpine Workshop)
Schladming (Austria) – 7-14 September 2013
Abstracts and Field Guides: Berichte der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 99, 2013. PDF available under
https://www.geologie.ac.at/produkte-shop/textpublikationen/zeitschriften/berichte_der_geologischen_bundesanstalt/
10. Corsica 2011
12th Alpine Workshop “CorseAlp2011”
Saint Florent (Corsica, France) – 12-13 April 2011
Publication:Tectonophysics, 579, 2012
09. Cogne 2009
9th Workshop on Alpine Geological Studies
Cogne (Italy) – 16-18 September 2009
Publication: International Journal of Earth Sciences, 100 (5), 2011
08. Davos 2007
8th Workshop on Alpine Geological Studies
Davos (Switzerland) – 10-12 october 2007
Publication: Swiss Journal of Geosciences, 101 (1 – Supplement), 2008
07. Opatija 2005
7th Workshop on Alpine Geological Studies
Opatija (Croatia) – 29 September – 01 October 2005
Abstract volume published by Croatian Geological Survey Zagreb
06. Sopron 2003
6th Workshop on Alpine Geological Studies
Sopron (Hungary) – 14.9. – 16.9. 2003
Abstract volume: Annales Universitatis Scientiarium Budapestinensis de Rolando Eötvös Nominatae, Sectio Geologica 35
05. Obergurgl 2001
5th Workshop on Alpine Geological Studies
Obergurgl (Austria) – September 2001
All field guides have been published in Geologisch-Paläontologische Mitteilungen Innsbruck, 26 (2003)
04. Tübingen 1999
4th Workshop on Alpine Geological Studies
Tübingen (Germany) – 21-24 September 1999
Publication: International Journal of Earth Sciences, 90/3, 2001
03. Oròpa-Biella 1997
3rd Workshop on Alpine Geological Studies
Oròpa-Biella (Italy) – 29 September – 01 October 1997
Publication: Memorie di Scienze Geologiche, 51, 1999
02. Basel 1995
2nd Workshop on Alpine Geological Studies
Basel (Switzerland)
Publication: Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae, 89 (1), 1996
01. Grenoble 1993
Géoatelier alpin
Grenoble (France)