De Ville Wickens
Field Trips Chair
Stellenbosch University
Phone: +27 21 906 2354
hdevw@sun.ac.za
POST-CONFERENCE
Field Trip 8
The Karoo Basin Coal Fields: Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Economic Geology (GSSA)
A view on the gigantic Grootegeluk opencast coal mine,Waterberg coal field, at Lepalalathe Limpopo Province. Photo courtesy of Geology Department, University of Cape Town..
- Date:
- Monday, 3 November, 08:30 – Thursday, 6 November, 18:00
(departs from and returns to Garden Court Hotel, Sandton, Johannesburg) - Leader:
- Gavin Whitfield (Consultant, Explorers for Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa) and
co-opted colliery personnel at various mines - Fee:
- $1,250 (increases to $1,440 after 12 August)
- Includes:
- Transportation, lodging, guidebook and all meals. Excludes lodging for Sunday, 2 November and Thursday, 6 November. Lodging at the Garden Court Hotel, Sandton, from where the trip will depart is recommended.
- Limit:
- Maximum 18; Minimum 12
- Note:
- Short and non-strenuous walks in open cast mines and shallow underground mines are expected. Proper clothing for mine visits will be provided where necessary.
This field trip will provide an insight on the sedimentology and stratigraphy of South Africa’s Permian-aged coal-bearing strata. The trip will visit the Grootegeluk colliery, a large opencast mine in the Limpopo Province. It produces more than 17 million tonnes of coal per year and feeds Matimba, the largest dry-cooled coal power station in the world. Grootegeluk is also South Africa’s lowest-cost coal producer and has the biggest coal beneficiation capacity in the world.
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.