De Ville Wickens
Field Trips Chair
Stellenbosch University
Phone: +27 21 906 2354
hdevw@sun.ac.za
Field Trips Roster
The following Web pages provide detailed trip information, including localities and itineraries, fees and departure/return times. Note that all trips have limited enrollments, so make sure that you do not miss out on the trip of your choice. Also, prior to making your travel plans, please confirm that the trip will take place.
Pre-Conference
FIELD TRIP 1. Sold Out
The Zerrissene Turbidite System, Namibia: Sedimentology of a Large Basin Plain Turbidite Complex
- Dates:
- Monday, 20 October – Friday, 24 October
- Time:
- 08:00-18:00
- Fee SOLD OUT
- Dates:
- Tuesday, 21 October – Saturday, 25 October
- Time:
- 09:00-18:00
- Fee:
- by 12 August: $1,150
- from 13 August: $1,325
- Dates:
- Tuesday, 21 October – Saturday, 25 October
- Time:
- 09:00-17:00
- Fee:
- by 12 August: $1,675
- from 13 August: $1,925
- Dates:
- Thursday, 23 October – Sunday, 26 October
- Time:
- 10:00-16:00
- Fee sold out
FIELD TRIP 2.
Fluvial Architecture of the Late Permian Beaufort Group Deposits, S.W. Karoo Basin: Point Bars, Crevasse Splays, Paleosols, Vertebrate Fossils and Uranium
FIELD TRIP 3.
Cape Fold Belt – A Fractured Aquifer: Analog for Fractured Petroleum Reservoirs? (GSSA)
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
Post-Conference
FIELD TRIP 5. Sold Out
The Physical Stratigraphy of Terminal Fan Systems, Ecca Group (Permian), Tanqua Karoo, South Africa: Principles and Concepts for Reservoir Prediction
- Dates:
- Thursday, 30 October – Sunday, 2 November
- Time:
- 08:00-18:00
- Fee sold out
- Dates:
- Thursday, 30 October – Monday, 3 November
- Time:
- 08:00-18:00
- Fee:
- by 12 August: $1,200
- from 13 August: $1,380
FIELD TRIP 6.
Cretaceous Siliciclastic Robberg Formation Compared with the Modern Keurbooms River Estuary, Plettenberg Bay, Indian Ocean Coast, South Africa
FIELD TRIP 7.
Southern Cape Geology: Evolution of a Rifted Margin
- Dates:
- Thursday, 30 October – Monday, 3 November
- Time:
- 08:30-16:00
- Fee:
- by 12 August: $1,050
- from 13 August: $1,210
FIELD TRIP 8.
The Karoo Basin Coal Fields: Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Economic Geology (GSSA)
- Dates:
- Monday, 3 November – Thursday, 6 November
- Time:
- 08:30-18:00
- Fee:
- by 12 August: $1,250
- from 13 August: $1,440
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.