34th International Geological Congress (IGC): AUSTRALIA 2012

MY-1 Langkawi Geopark (continued)
130 34 th IGC AUSTRALIA 2012 | Fourth Circular
Day 4 - Tuesday 14th August 2012 - Onward travel
After breakfast enjoy some free time in Langkawi before making your own way to
the airport for your onward travel.
Equipment Required: Comfortable walking shoes, sunscreen, hat and swimming gear recommended.
New Caledonia Trip
NCAL-1 New Caledonia Subduction/Obduction System, HP-LT
Complex, Ophiolites, Syntectonic Basins. Neogene Tropical
Weathering and Nickel Resources Holocene Landforms, Barrier
Reef, Neotectonics, Isle of Pines.
Pre Trip: 8 days 7 nights- Sunday 28 July to Saturday 4 August 2012
Starts: Noumea
Finishes: Noumea
Numbers limited to 15
Cost: Land: AUD $1935
Single supplement AUD $805
Air: From AUD $985
Trip description: See an integrated view of the subduction/obduction system and subsequent
supergene evolution that lead to the formation of the nickel ores of New Caledonia.
Visit the blueschist-eclogite belt of northern New Caledonia to see the tectonic
relationships between subducted and exhumed mélange with foreland basins and
ophiolite. Visit an operating nickel mine with ultramafic protoliths and tropical
oxidised soils which host the nickel ore and the famous garnierite crack seals
Highlights: Isle of Pines, World Heritage Lagoon, coral reefs, nickel mine
Optional: Amedee lighthouse with glassbottom boat or snorkelling - $200.00
Trip Leader/s: Professor Dominique Cluzel, University of New Caledonia, and Mr Pierre Maurizot,
B.R.G.M. Nouméa
Special notes: Delegates are required to book own air travel to arrive in Noumea on evening of
29 July and to fly to Brisbane late afternoon on 4 August, unless you request that
Quadrant Australia book it for you. This field trip is not suitable for children.
Airfares are not included in the tour price.
Day by day itinerary Day 1 - Saturday 28th July 2012 - Arrive Noumea, New Caledonia
Delegates fly to Noumea, the cosmopolitan capital of New Caledonia. On arrival
you will be met and transferred to your hotel.
Overnight: Tontoutel Hotel, La Tontoutel
Meals: D
Day 2 - Sunday 29th July 2012 - Noumea to Bourail
After breakfast depart and travel to Bourail with geological visits along the way.
Basement (pre-Late Cretaceous) terranes, Late Cretaceous syn-rift sediments;
Eocene foreland basin.
On arrival, check into your hotel with time to freshen up before meeting for dinner.
Overnight: El Kantara, Bourail
Meals: B / L / D