Details
Date: 8 February – 13 February
Departs from: Auckland
Ends: Auckland
Leaders: Hamish Campbell & Kat Holt (geologists)
Cost ($NZD inc 15% GST): Approx $6500 per person
Geological and Hence Geomorphological Highlights
In a New Zealand context, the Chatham Islands are unusual because they are so remote from the active plate boundary. Accordingly, the geology relates to a ‘passive margin’ and Cretaceous-Cenozoic cover rocks (sedimentary and volcanic) are remarkably undeformed.
It is clear that the Chatham Islands have behaved as a single tectonic entity with significant vertical uplift during Pliocene time.
The landscape is therefore ‘youthful’ and the geomorphology is clearly the product of differential erosion, primarily driven by prevailing SW wind and sea conditions. The landscape is dramatic in places, punctuated by small intra-plate submarine volcanos (basaltic). This excursion is a rare opportunity to see some remarkable geomorphology in a remote part of eastern Zealandia, some 800-850 kilometres east of mainland New Zealand, in the SW Pacific Ocean.
Other Field Trips
From Rivers of Sand to the Great Barrier Reef: The coastal geomorphology of beaches, sand islands, and coral reefs of south east Queensland
Date: 7 February – 12 February
Departs from: Brisbane, Australia
Ends: Gladstone, Australia
Cost ($NZD inc 15% GST):
Option 1, 5 days approx $1200 per person
Option 2, 8 days approx $2200 per person
Geomorphology of the New Zealand Southern Alps
Date: 7 February – 12 February (with option to end in Queenstown on 9 February)
Departs from: Christchurch
Ends: Queenstown on 9 February or Christchurch on 12 February
Cost ($NZD inc 15% GST):
Option 1, 3 days approx $1700 per person
Option 2, 6 days approx $2400 per person
Walking Tour of Kaikōura Peninsula Tectonics and Rock Coasts
Date: Wednesday 4 February
Departs from: Christchurch
Ends: Christchurch
Cost ($NZD inc 15% GST): Approx $80 per person
Seismically-Induced Landscape Evolution and Environmental Impacts in Ōtautahi Christchurch
Date: Wednesday 4 February
Departs from: Christchurch
Ends: Christchurch
Cost ($NZD inc 15% GST): Approx $50 per person
River geomorphology and management in a Canterbury braided river: A tour of the Waimakariri catchment
Date: Wednesday 4 February
Departs from: Christchurch
Ends: Christchurch
Cost ($NZD inc 15% GST): Approx $70 per person
Landscape Layers of Te Pātaka-o-Rākaihautū Banks Peninsula: Volcanic and soil geomorphology and their connections to place
Date: Wednesday 4 February
Departs from: Christchurch
Ends: Christchurch
Cost ($NZD inc 15% GST): Approx $110 per person
Glacial Geomorphology of the Waimakariri Valley in Canterbury
Date: Wednesday 4 February
Departs from: Christchurch
Ends: Christchurch
Cost ($NZD inc 15% GST): Approx $65 per person
Engineering Geomorphology and Alpine Hazards Around Arthur’s Pass, Southern Alps
Date: Wednesday 4 February
Departs from: Christchurch
Ends: Christchurch
Cost ($NZD inc 15% GST): Approx $95 per person
Earthquake Faulting and the Leader River Landslide Dam
Date: Wednesday 4 February
Departs from: Christchurch
Ends: Christchurch
Cost ($NZD inc 15% GST): Approx $60 per person
Coastal Geomorphology of the Northern Canterbury Coastline
Date: Wednesday 4 February
Departs from: Christchurch
Ends: Christchurch
Cost ($NZD inc 15% GST): Approx $70 per person