At the invitation of the Institute of Geological Sciences, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, a collaborative team of four scientists comprising Dr. Sylvain Richoz, and Evelyn Friesenbichler from Graz University, Austria, Prof. Leopold Krystyn from Wien University, Austria, and Dr. Aymon Baud, from Lausanne, Switzerland, undertake field work on South Armenia Permian - Triassic sections. Dr. Lilit Sahakyan of the Academy of Sciences of Armenia leaded this Research program, from September 28 to October 6, 2014.
A Master Dissertation has been presented (Friesenbichler, 2016), a result paper is submitted (Friesenbichler et al., sub.) and only abstracts have been published (Friesenbichler et al., 2015, Baud et al., 2015, Friesenbichler et al., 2016a, Friesenbichler et al., 2016b).
Part of the work are still in progress and this guide book take account of the unpublished Friesenbichler Master dissertation, of old and new thin section pictures and of unpublished field notes and field pictures from all of us.