10/16/2026
Scientific conference and field trip
on the topic ‘Late Proterozoic–Paerozoic geodynamics and the Variscan metallogeny’
From 5 to 9 October 2026 the Institute of Geology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Sofia University ‘St Clement of Ohrid’ jointly organised a scientific conference and field trip on the theme ‘Late Proterozoic–Palaeozoic geodynamics and the Variscan metallogeny’.
The event was attended by a host of international scientists, including
- Prof. Damian Nance (Ohio University),
- Prof. Brandan Murphy (St. Francis Xavier University),
- Prof. A.M.C. Şengör (Istanbul Technical University),
- Prof. David Chew (Trinity College Dublin),
as well as Assist. Prof. Anna Gumsley (Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences).
On the Bulgarian side, scientific presentations and contributions were made by Prof. Irena Peicheva and Assoc. Prof. Stoyan Georgiev (GI-BAS), Prof. Yanko Gerzhikov (Sofia University ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’) and Prof. Kamen Popov (Moscow State University ‘St. Ivan Rilski’).
The lectures focused on key issues in global and regional geodynamics, tectonics, metallogeny and geochronology, followed by in-depth scientific discussions.
Over the next four days, field observations were carried out at significant Late Proterozoic and Palaeozoic geological outcrops in the Iskar Gorge, the Central Sredna Gora Mountains and the Kraishte region, led by Prof. Yanko Gerzhikov (Sofia University), Assoc. Prof. Anna Lazarova, Senior Assistant Professor Hristo Kiselinov, Assoc. Prof. Valeri Sachanski and Assoc. Prof. Stoyan Georgiev (GI-BAS).
on the topic ‘Late Proterozoic–Paerozoic geodynamics and the Variscan metallogeny’
From 5 to 9 October 2026 the Institute of Geology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Sofia University ‘St Clement of Ohrid’ jointly organised a scientific conference and field trip on the theme ‘Late Proterozoic–Palaeozoic geodynamics and the Variscan metallogeny’.
The event was attended by a host of international scientists, including
- Prof. Damian Nance (Ohio University),
- Prof. Brandan Murphy (St. Francis Xavier University),
- Prof. A.M.C. Şengör (Istanbul Technical University),
- Prof. David Chew (Trinity College Dublin),
as well as Assist. Prof. Anna Gumsley (Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences).
On the Bulgarian side, scientific presentations and contributions were made by Prof. Irena Peicheva and Assoc. Prof. Stoyan Georgiev (GI-BAS), Prof. Yanko Gerzhikov (Sofia University ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’) and Prof. Kamen Popov (Moscow State University ‘St. Ivan Rilski’).
The lectures focused on key issues in global and regional geodynamics, tectonics, metallogeny and geochronology, followed by in-depth scientific discussions.
Over the next four days, field observations were carried out at significant Late Proterozoic and Palaeozoic geological outcrops in the Iskar Gorge, the Central Sredna Gora Mountains and the Kraishte region, led by Prof. Yanko Gerzhikov (Sofia University), Assoc. Prof. Anna Lazarova, Senior Assistant Professor Hristo Kiselinov, Assoc. Prof. Valeri Sachanski and Assoc. Prof. Stoyan Georgiev (GI-BAS).
From 5 to 9 October 2026 the Institute of Geology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Sofia University ‘St Clement of Ohrid’ jointly organised a scientific conference and field trip on the theme ‘Late Proterozoic–Palaeozoic geodynamics and the Variscan metallogeny’.
The event was attended by a host of international scientists, including
- Prof. Damian Nance (Ohio University),
- Prof. Brandan Murphy (St. Francis Xavier University),
- Prof. A.M.C. Şengör (Istanbul Technical University),
- Prof. David Chew (Trinity College Dublin),
as well as Assist. Prof. Anna Gumsley (Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences).
On the Bulgarian side, scientific presentations and contributions were made by Prof. Irena Peicheva and Assoc. Prof. Stoyan Georgiev (GI-BAS), Prof. Yanko Gerzhikov (Sofia University ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’) and Prof. Kamen Popov (Moscow State University ‘St. Ivan Rilski’).
The lectures focused on key issues in global and regional geodynamics, tectonics, metallogeny and geochronology, followed by in-depth scientific discussions.
Over the next four days, field observations were carried out at significant Late Proterozoic and Palaeozoic geological outcrops in the Iskar Gorge, the Central Sredna Gora Mountains and the Kraishte region, led by Prof. Yanko Gerzhikov (Sofia University), Assoc. Prof. Anna Lazarova, Senior Assistant Professor Hristo Kiselinov, Assoc. Prof. Valeri Sachanski and Assoc. Prof. Stoyan Georgiev (GI-BAS).
