De Ville Wickens
Field Trips Chair
Stellenbosch University
Phone: +27 21 906 2354
hdevw@sun.ac.za
PRE-CONFERENCE
Field Trip 4 sold out
The Physical Stratigraphy of Slope to Basin Floor Systems, Ecca Group (Permian), Laingsburg Karoo, South Africa: Principles and Concepts for Reservoir Prediction
A base-of-slope channel complex in Fan B. It consists of massively structured sandstone beds alternating with thin-bedded deposits along the flanks of the channel complex. Photo courtesy of De Ville Wickens.
- Date:
- Thursday, 23 October, 10:00 – Sunday, 26 October, 16:00
(departs from and returns to Cape Town International Convention Centre) - Leaders:
- Ant Sprague (ExxonMobil, Houston, Texas, USA) and
Steve Flint (University of Liverpool, Liverpool, England) - Fee sold out
- Includes:
- Transportation, guidebook, lodging, soft drinks for the field, breakfast and lunch
- Limit:
- Maximum 20; Minimum 13
- Note:
- Short to long walks, some mildly strenuous are expected.
This field trip examines the outstandingly well-exposed slope to basin floor fan systems in the Laingsburg Karoo subbasin. Large-scale physical stratigraphy of moderately to highly confined channelized fan systems and the hierarchy in stacking patterns forms the key aspects of this trip. Variability in filling styles of the highly confined slope systems, erosion at sequence boundaries, overbank stratigraphy, levee development, deep incisions, etc., will be examined at a variety of outstanding outcrop localities in the Laingsburg area.
Please note that the Geological and Social Day Trips may be of interest to guests.
Important Notes Regarding Field Trips and Geological and Social Day Trips
- Field trips are limited in size and are reserved on a first-come, first-served basis and must be accompanied by full payment.
- If you register for a field triponly, a $30 fee will be charged in addition to the field trip fee. This fee may be applied toward registration if you decide to attend the conference.
- A wait list is automatically created if a field trip sells out. The AAPG Convention Department will notify you if space becomes available. Undersubscribed field trips will be cancelled.
- Before purchasing non-refundable airline tickets, confirm that the trip will take place.
- It is important that you note your gender on your registration form for hotel room assignments.
- Several weeks prior to the trip, you will receive an itinerary with details of meeting points, transportation within the trip, phone and fax numbers and email addresses of hotels and trip leaders, etc. Please indicate your fax and email on your registration.
- Proper clothing and supplies are needed for the outdoors (hat, wind breaker, sturdy footware, sunscreen and rucksack).
- If any field trips are likely to meet your needs or the needs of your staff, you are encouraged to register early.
- To help us better anticipate the number of attendees and avoid premature cancellation of field trips, please register well before 12 August.
- Neither AAPG, GSSA nor trip leaders maintain insurance covering illness or injury for individuals.