Geoscience 2022

Field Trips

The GSNZ Organising Committee have arranged a number of great post-conference field trips, please scroll down to see details of the location, dates and cost involved for each of these field trip options.

The organising committee reserves the right to cancel a trip at any time, offering a full refund (of the field trip fee only) or offering the participant the opportunity to change to another available trip.

You can sign up for field trips when registering for the conference, these are additional activities to add to your registration. A link to the online Conference Registration form is available on the Registration page.

Options Overview

Date	Field Trip	Cost*
Friday 2 December 1 Day	Te Ahu a Turanga: Manawatū Tararua Highway and Cultural Sites of importance Leaders: Ben Dixon (Te Ahu A Turanga Alliance) and Terry Hapi (Rangitāne o Manawatu) In association with Aurecon This Field Trip has been cancelled	$60 pp
Friday 2 December 1 Day	Land use and stratigraphy within the eastern Whanganui Basin, lower North Island, New Zealand Leaders: Callum Rees (Massey University), Alan Palmer (Massey University), Julie Palmer (Massey University), Malcolm Todd (Horizons Regional Council). In association with Todd Energy.	$60 pp

Date	Field Trip	Cost*
Friday & Saturday 2-3 December 2 Days	Mt Ruapehu – Tephra stratigraphy, mass flow deposits and volcanic hazards Leaders: Gabor Kereszturi, Jonathan Procter, Stuart Mead and Anja Moebis (Massey University)	$250 pp

*All pricing is listed inclusive of GST. Costs exclude conference registration fees. Visit the registration page for registration fees.

Post-Conference One day Field Trips: Friday 2 December

In association with

Land use and stratigraphy within the eastern Whanganui Basin, lower North Island, New Zealand
Leaders: Callum Rees (Massey University), Alan Palmer (Massey University), Julie Palmer (Massey University), Malcolm Todd (Horizons Regional Council).
Level of fitness required: Moderate
Date: 1 day trip, 2 December 2022
Cost: $60/person

Keen to explore one of the best records of Quaternary climate change exposed onland anywhere in the world? Say no more, our journey will begin at the Manawatu Saddle, eastern Whanganui Basin, where we can see the sedimentary response to ignimbrite emplacement involving inundation of river and coastal settings, valley aggradation, infilling and loading of the Whanganui coastal embayment and formation of a hydraulically active seafloor. As we move west, towards the Rangitīkei, we will pause on the Pohangina Anticline to explore c. 1.2 –1 Ma basin fill that is exposed by some of the most severe gully erosion within the region, presenting questions around land use management and sustainability. The journey will end with stunning exposures through cyclothymic strata (c. 0.9 Ma) at Waitapu Stream and evidence of past volcanism. Lunch and good fossil picking may be enjoyed during a leisurely stroll up the deeply incised stream valley.

Additional Information: Transport will be supplied via mini buses departing from outside the conference venue at Massey University by 8:00 am. Please bring tramping boots, rain jacket, backpack, water and sun screen.

Maximum number of participants: 18

Post-Conference Two-day Field Trip: Friday-Saturday, 2-3 December

Mt Ruapehu – Tephra stratigraphy, mass flow deposits and volcanic hazards
Leaders: Gabor Kereszturi, Jonathan Procter, Stuart Mead and Anja Moebis (Massey University)
Level of fitness required: Moderate hikes
Date: 2-Day trip, 2-3 December 2022
Cost: $250/person

Mt Ruapehu is an andesitic composite volcano, located in the Central Volcanic Plateau. Besides producing many small to large-scale hydrothermal, magmatic, and phreatomagmatic eruptions, Mt Ruapehu has produced many small to large-scale flank collapses, and crater rim collapses that have resulted in debris avalanches, landslides, and lahars. Mt. Ruapehu is therefore an excellent natural laboratory to study stratigraphy and sedimentology of tephra and mass-flow deposits. The 2-day field trip showcases some of the sedimentary and volcanic processes by visiting key outcrops on the ring plan and lower flank of Mt Ruapehu. The field trip will introduce new research findings on the tephra stratigraphy, mass-flow hazards and landscape evolution response to major tephra forming eruptions and mass-flow events.

Additional Information: This trip includes a moderately long hike (ca. 6 km) on uneven grounds. Breakfast (Day 2), Prepacked lunch (x2) and BBQ dinner, ground transportation by utes and overnight accommodation in Tukino Ski Lodge will be provided.

Maximum number of participants: 12