The focus of the Lendület research group is the Bakony-Balaton Highland Volcanic Field. So it was a no-brainer for us to start the project and make several field trips here before the colder season began, in order to build up the necessary field knowledge and, of course, sufficient rock samples to base our work on.

But why the Balaton Highland Volcanic Field?

-Because here, geologically young (8-2 million years) volcanic activity has brought to the surface rocks that originate from the lithosphere up to 10 km deep, i.e., from different parts of the Earth's crust or even from the upper part of the Earth's mantle.

-Because nature has revealed all this in a well-explored state (we have more than 100 potential collection points so far!) 

-Because these rocks contain a series of melt, liquid and/or gas droplets trapped in the rocks, which are a major focus of research, as we can understand the migration over several kilometres of important molecules such as CO2 or H2O

+and a non-technical point: because the juxtaposition of Lake Balaton and volcanic structures is an eye-catching sight!

We've been out in the field four times in 2022!

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