摘要
Several pre- and post-congress field trips were organized in connection with the 32nd International Geological Congress held in Florence, Italy, during August, 2004. One of these, the Prestige Field Trip (PR01--A traverse through Central Asia ranges, from the Indian plate to the Karakorum) lasted for 16 days from 21 June to 6 July. M. Gaetani of the University of Milan (Italy) acted as Leader and overall Organizer, with A. Zanchi(Univ. Milano-Bicocca), M.Q. Jan (Univ. of Peshawar, Pakistan) and M.N. Chaudhry(Punjab University, Pakistan) as Associate Leaders. Local logistics were taken care of by the Adventure Tours, Pakistan.