De Ville Wickens
Field Trips Chair
Stellenbosch University
Phone: +27 21 906 2354
hdevw@sun.ac.za
POST-CONFERENCE
Field Trip 6 sold out
Cretaceous Siliciclastic Robberg Formation Compared with the Modern Keurbooms River Estuary, Plettenberg Bay, Indian Ocean Coast, South Africa
Aerial photograph showing the dynamic sedimentary processes at the tidal inlet of the Keurbooms River mouth at Plettenberg Bay. Photo courtesy of Werner Illenberger.
- Date:
- Thursday, 30 October, 08:00 – Monday, 3 November, 18:00
(departs from and returns to Cape Town International Convention Centre) - Leader:
- Izak Rust (Consultant, Koringberg Toere, Franschhoek, South Africa)
- Fee sold out
- Includes:
- Transportation, lodging, guidebook, breakfast and lunch
- Limit:
- Maximum 22; Minimum 14
- Note:
- Short to medium non-strenuous walks on sand, mud and rocks are expected.
This trip, which has been offered regularly to industry and academic institutions since 1983 under the name SEDPLETT, has become well known amongst South African sedimentologists, petroleum geoscientists and mining geologists as a most instructive field trip located in a stunning setting. Comparison of the dynamic Gondwana break-up sedimentology exposed in the spectacular Robberg Peninsula with the closely situated modern Keurbooms estuary brings the dynamics of sedimentary process and product together.
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.