Field Trips at a Glance
Click through titles to see full descriptions. Important notes about field trips and special information for students are listed below. Click here to download a .pdf listing of the Field Trips.
All Field Trips will depart from and return to the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center unless otherwise noted.
Already registered for the convention? You may add on
Field Trip 16B (Visit to SpaceX) by calling +1 781 821 6732 or sending an email. Registration for all other field trips has closed.
Pre-Convention
| sold out 1. Miocene Monterey Formation of the Los Angeles Basin (LABGS) |
Saturday, 21 April,
7:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. |
sold out 2. Oil Seeps and Geology of the Santa Barbara Channel (CGS) |
Saturday, 21 April,
7:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. |
| sold out 3. A Historical Look at Oil Production in the Los Angeles Basin (LABGS/DEG) |
Saturday, 21 April,
7:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. |
| sold out 4. Wine and Geology of the Central California Coast (CGS) |
Saturday, 21 April, 8:00 a.m.–11:00 p.m. |
sold out 5. Structure and Hydrocarbon Exploration In the Transpressive Basins of Southern California (SJGS)
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Saturday, 21 April, 7:00 a.m.–Sunday, 22 April, 6:00 p.m. |
CANCELED 6. Neotectonics and Geomorphology Along the San Andreas Fault, Carrizo Plain, California (SJGS)
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Saturday, 21 April, 4:00 p.m.–
Sunday, 22 April, 6:00 p.m. |
sold out 7. Sedimentology and Facies Architecture of a Channelized Slope System: Capistrano Formation, San Clemente, Southern California (PSAAPG)
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Sunday, 22 April,
7:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. |
8. The Great Debate: Sequence Stratigraphic and Tectonic Evolution of Deltaic Facies in the Ridge Basin, California (SEPM/PSSEPM)
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Sunday, 22 April,
7:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Registration for this field trip has closed. |
| sold out 9. OXY Long Beach (THUMS) Island Tour, Long Beach Harbor, California (AWG) |
Sunday, 22 April,
9:30 a.m.– 12:00 p.m. |
| sold out 10. OXY Long Beach (THUMS) Island Tour, Long Beach Harbor, California (AWG) |
Sunday, 22 April,
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. |
Post-Convention
| sold out 11. OXY Long Beach (THUMS) Island Tour, Long Beach Harbor, California (AWG) |
Wednesday, 25 April,
2:00 p.m.– 4:00 p.m. |
sold out 12. Sequence Stratigraphy & Reservoir Characterization of Fine-Grained Rocks: Monterey Formation, Coastal California (CGS)
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Wednesday, 25 April,
7:00 p.m.– Friday, 27 April, 6:00 p.m. |
13. Rifting, Transpression, and Neotectonics of the Salton Trough, Southern California (AAPG-SC/SEPM)
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Wednesday, 25 April, 3:00 p.m.– Friday, 27 April, 7:00 p.m.
Registration for this field trip has closed. |
14. Terrestrial Microbial Limestones in the Miocene Horse Spring Formation, Lake Mead Area, Southern Nevada (SEPM/PSSEPM)
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Wednesday, 25 April, 7:00 p.m.– Saturday, 28 April, 4:00 p.m.
Registration for this field trip has closed. |
15. Heavy Oil Production and Outcrops on the East Flank of the San Joaquin Valley (EMD/SJGS)
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Thursday, 26 April, 7:00a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Registration for this field trip has closed. |
| SOLD OUT 16A. Remote Field Work; Mars, via JPL (LABGS) |
Thursday, 26 April, 7:30a.m.–5:30 p.m. |
16B. Visit to SpaceX (LABGS)
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Friday, 27 April,
8:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. |
sold out 17. Sedimentology, Facies Architecture, & Seismic Modeling of Channelized Deep-Water Systems: La Jolla, California (PSAAPG)
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Thursday, 26 April, 7:00 a.m.– Friday, 27 April, 6:00 p.m. |
18. Subtleties of Extensional Faulting — Things You Might Miss but Hydrocarbons Won’t: Volcanic Tableland, Bishop, California (SJGS)
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Thursday, 26 April, 2:30 p.m.–Saturday, 28 April, 6:00 p.m.
Registration for this field trip has closed. |
19. Sedimentary Geology of a Mid-Plate Volcanic Mountain-Island Chain: The Islands of Hawaii and Kauai (SJGS)
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Thursday, 26 April, 6:00 p.m.– Wednesday, 2 May, 8:00 a.m.
Registration for this field trip has closed. |
Important Notes
- 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 do not plan on attending the convention, a $30 enrollment fee will be added to the field trip fee. This fee may be applied toward registration if you decide to attend the
convention at a later date.
- A wait list is automatically created if a field trip sells out. The AAPG Convention Department will notify you if space becomes available.
- Before purchasing non-refundable airline tickets, confirm that the trip will take place, as trips may be canceled if undersubscribed.
- 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 meetings points, transportation with the trip, phone and fax numbers and e-mail addresses of
hotels and trip leaders, etc.
- Please indicate your fax number and e-mail address on your registration.
- Proper clothing and supplies are needed for the outdoors (hat, wind breaker, sturdy footwear, sunscreen and rucksack).
- Depending on location, temperatures can range from 50 to 90 degrees F with or without rain. Participants are advised to check local weather forecasts for latest updates.
- Insect repellant and sun protection (sunscreen and hats) are recommended.
- To help us better anticipate the number of attendees and avoid premature cancellation of field trips, please register before 14 March 2012. Field trip cancellations due to low
enrollment will be made at this time.
- Neither AAPG nor trip leaders and their employers maintain insurance covering illness or injury for individuals.
Students
There are a limited number of discounted registrations available for students on a first-come, first-served basis. If a discounted space is still available when you register online it will show up during the registration process. If discounted spots are no longer available, you may register at the full fee; if we are able to add additional discounted spots we will refund the difference at that time.
