SOME FIELD WORK PICTURES FROM THE AZORES,

PICO, TERCEIRA AND SAO MIGUEL,

IN APRIL-MAY 2001

Three men in a rubber boat studying some probably fascinating sediments.

Lake Paul on Pico.

Coring on the quag-mire of Lagoinha, Pico.

Coring in a crater lake bog, which we call Pico bog.

Resting in the thick grass and describing the Lagoinha core, Pico.

Sediment core from Lagoinha.

Impatient waiting to get on with the exciting corings in

Lagoa do Caveiro, Pico!!

A few cores from the interesting Lagoa da Caveiro. Note the

piece of wood and the tephra.

Gravel pit with pyroclastic sediments on Pico.

A bog on Terceira, where we penetrated several thick pyroclastic layers.

Hard work!!

A core from the bog with the pyroclastic sediments.

Lagoa da Gínjal, the probably most promising site on Terceira.

Preparing the boat for coring in Lagoa da Ginjal.

Sediments from Lagoa da Ginjal

The beautiful Lagoa da Negra on Terceira

Lagoa da Achada on Sao Miguel.

A sediment core from Lagoa da Achada

Lagoinha on Sao Miguel.

Gazing out over the high plateau of Sao Miguel in search for bogs!

And all one sees is an amazingly beautiful landsccape!