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EUCOP, Sierra Estrela and Evora 15. - 22. 6. 2014

Start of the field trip to Sierra da Estrela from the University of Lisbon.

Church in Moitas Venda and beginning of a limestone massif of Estremadura.

Organisers Carla Mora and Alexandre Nieuwendam are showing the geological map.

A walk towards exposures of slope deposits.

Different strata. Where does the red colour come from?

Look back to the polje which is flooded during the winter.

As it is shown on this tiles.

A view over another karst depression.

The visit of Alvados caves.

Which covered the initial walls.

And a horizontal "tunnel" passage which is typical for contact karst.

An artificial tunnel to schaft and speleothem?!? hedge.

Karst landscape of massif

On a way to Fornia de Alvados

Which is a valley that was probably formed with retrogressive erosion at stream spring.

Power line pole besieged by storks.

A town on a way to Sierra da Estrela.

An evening atmosphere ...

Visit of glacial valley near Loriga.

Some boulders here might be the remnants of the terminal moraine.

Matti decided for a morning swim.

Wind turbines on the surrounding hills.

Stripes of cutted vegetation were made to limit very often fires.

Villages on the foothills.

A lot of terraces in the valleys.

A view over Covilhã.

Pretty orthopedic form.

Dammed lake of Viriato.

Surface characteristics explanation.

Panorama of the flat area between two valley glaciers.

Boulder on the lateral moraine of Zêzere valley glacier.

Mushroom stones and road maintenance facility.

Halimium alyssoides

The remnant of building that was planned to be a cable car station before they realised that there is too much wind.

On a way to Varanda. A lot of different Ericaceas that like acidic and thin soil on granite.

Alforfa glacier valley and extensive blockfield on the slope.

What made blocks vegetated in front, but not in the back?

Again solution pans.

Lateral moraine inspection.

A shrine of Our Lady of a good star.

A cirque of valley Zêzere and Cantaro Magro nunatak on the right.

There were some snow patches left. But no tors.

The Cirrus fibratus cloud was one of the very few clouds I've seen during the field trip.

Lakes on rugged glacial surface. Lack of tors shows that area has most likely been glaciated.

Frank! Hold the balance!

Just the cracks.

Luc and Reynald in action.

Elena and selfie.

Oleg and Galina

Wojciech and Matti

And some striations too.

A tor on the northern part of the mountain.

Debate about tors. The rock weathered in deep regolith which was later eroded, but rocks remained.

Alex and cold climate slope deposits.

Blooming Ulex and Echinospartum shrubs in a tor landscape.

Luc is discussing in front of the interesting tor formation.

A street in Manteigas.

A stream flowing from the mountain.

New exposure, new debate.

Kame deposits on the slope of the valley.

The famost view over Zêzere valley.

And a look back towards the nunataks and the highest part.

Waiting for the unskilled driver to change the flat tyre.

And then the policeman showed his skills.

And we were back on a way to Evora in 20 minutes.

Torsten and Sebastian.

Blooming jacaranda trees.

On the terrace of the club of closed society Harmonia Eborense.

With cozy sofas.

A view over Evora

Portugese guitar.

And normal guirtar.

University of Evora - former cloister - was an EUCOP conference venue.

Lecture rooms with azulejos.

The opening of the conference.

Lecture of Oleg Anisimov

Efficient use of time during talks.

ICARP meeting and Hugues.

Évora is UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The foundation of the city dates back to celtic times. It was ruled from Romans, Arabs and conquered back by Portuguese in 12th century.

Typical streets inside the city wall.

An influence from Arabic architecture style.

Fonte da Porta de Moura.

Conference field trip to megaliths of Almendres. First stop by the cork oaks.

The number marks the year of harvesting. They harvest the bark every 9 years so there is only one digit needed.

More of Quercus sobur.

The properties of estates, which are here relatively vast, are everywhere fenced in with barbed wire.

Yulia is watching the decorations of stones. The age of monoliths is estimated to 7000 years.

Alexandra and ? posing

Zambujeiro dolmen and our guide.

These were the group neolithic graves. This one was uncovered in recent times.

The entrance area.

And the dinner at the one of estates.

Estate building.

Visit of the cathedral roof.

And the cloisture from inside.

The life in Evora.

And the last evening in Evora.

Sertorio Square and Town Hall.

Roman temple of Diana.

A park of nations in Lisbon.

Oriente was a venue of Expo 98

And the train station Oriente.

The park of Eduardo VII.

Monument to Maternity.

Decide quickly if you want to stay or leave.

And piano stairs in the Lisbon subway station.

Everyone is walking there :)