Field Seminar

Saturday, 27 September Sunday, 28 September 2025, 8:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m., Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Cenozoic Tectonics Field Trip in the Continental Rift of Southeastern

This field trip aims to present and discuss the role of the five Cenozoic tectonic events recognized in the sedimentary record of the Continental Rift of Southeastern Brazil (CRSB) for the formation and deformation of the sedimentary basins installed along its extension. Points of geological interest will be visited in the Resende and Volta Redonda basins, located in the Central Segment of the Southeastern Brazilian Continental Rift. The role of the pre-existing structural fabric in the Neoproterozoic basement on the evolution of these basins will also be discussed.

Field Seminar

Saturday, 4 October Monday, 6 October 2025, 7:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m., Santa Catarina,Rio de Janeiro Brazil

Southern Brazilian turbidites from the Paraná and Itajaí basins: analogues of deep-water reservoir deposits in Brazil with applications to exploration and reservoir geology.

Turbidites are the main oil play in the Atlantic Ocean and in many other exploration areas around the world and are responsible for a large part of Brazil's oil production. Outcrops fill a critical gap between seismic and well data and can provide the geometric, net-to-gross and facies related permoporosity of turbidite systems, both in exploration and in high-resolution reservoir studies, including the sub-seismic or flow unit scale.

Field Seminar

Saturday, 4 October Monday, 6 October 2025, 7:30 a.m.–6:00 p.m., Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

From Life To Rock: Deep Into The Cretaceous Pre-Salt Rift

Our geology field trip provides invaluable first-hand experience that broaden the understanding of the breakup of Gondwana and the formation of the South Atlantic Ocean. Approximately 130 million years ago, during the Cretaceous, tectonic forces caused segmentation and rifting of the Gondwana crust.