34th International Geological Congress (IGC): AUSTRALIA 2012

NZ-3 Pliocene to Miocene shelf to basin floor sequences of
Wanganui and Taranaki basins, New Zealand (continued)
Day 4 - Tuesday 14th August 2012 - New Plymouth
After breakfast, travel to see the deep-water Late Miocene sandstones of the Mount
Messenger Formation, exposed in coastal cliffs near Tongaporutu. Aspects include
development of 4th-order base-level driven depositional cycles on basin floor fans
to base-of slope turbidites.
Return to your hotel with evening at leisure.
Overnight: Autolodge, New Plymouth
Meals: B
Day 5 - Wednesday 15th August 2012 - New Plymouth
After breakfast, travel to see the deep-water Late Miocene sandstones of the Mount
Messenger and Urenui formations exposed in coastal cliffs near Urenui. Aspects
covered include geometries developed in slope fan depositional settings and
clastic-filled channels developed in slope settings.
Return to your hotel with evening at leisure.
Overnight: Autolodge, New Plymouth
Meals: B
Day 6 - Thursday 16th August 2012 - Depart New Plymouth
After breakfast check out of your hotel and transfer to the airport for your onward
travel – own arrangements.
Meals: B
Equipment Required: Normal field gear including day pack, warm clothing, suitable footwear for
sandy beach walks, muddy stream, and potentially quarry, gravel tracks and farm
exposures. You should also bring a rain jacket, sun hat, sun glasses, sun cream,
warm hat, camera, plus any personal items such as medications etc. Hiking boots
or shoes are recommended, with the addition of light weight Teva or similar slip-on
footwear for beach sections. Field trip leaders will provide hard hats and fluorovests
as required for roadside and/or quarry stops. August is mid-winter in New Zealand
and the weather is usually cool to cold and can be variable, with daytime high
temperatures of 10-150 C. It may well be wet and windy!
NZ-4 South Island: Plate Boundary Structure, Alpine Fault,
Glaciation
Post Trip: 5 days 4 nights - Saturday 11 August to Wednesday 15 August 2012
Starts: Christchurch, New Zealand
Finishes: Auckland, New Zealand
Numbers limited to 20
Cost: Land: AUD $1935 per person share twin/double
Single supplementAUD $460
Air: From AUD $360 Brisbane to Christchurch via Wellington
Trip description: The Alpine Fault moves approximately 8 m in magnitude 8 earthquakes every 200-
400 years and accommodates nearly three quarters of the 39 mm/yr plate motion
through South Island. Oblique strike-slip deformation has uplifted the Southern
Alps, offset glacial and fluvial landforms, and exhumed a classic section of fault
rocks (cataclasites and mylonites) from up to 35 km depth. See the geomorphic
expression of the Alpine Fault, the geological setting and fault rocks, and visit
proposed sites for scientific drilling
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