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Field Trips

Click through titles to see full descriptions.  Important notes about field trips and special information for students are listed below. Download a .pdf listing of the field trips here.

All Field Trips will depart from and return to the David L. Lawrence Convention Center unless otherwise noted.

Pre-Convention Field Trips
1 Organic-Rich Shales of New York: Core Workshop and Field Trip (PAPG/EMD) Thursday, 16 May, 8:00 a.m.–
Saturday, 18 May, 6:00 p.m.
2 Appalachian Basin Structure:  Rafting Trip Through the Smoke Hole Canyon (AGS) SOLD OUT Thursday, 16 May, 10:00 a.m.–
Saturday, 18 May, 6:30 p.m.
3 Devonian Gas Shales of the Appalachian Basin (PAPG) SOLD OUT Thursday, 16 May, 8:00 a.m.–
Saturday, 18 May, 6:00 p.m.
4 Stratigraphy and Sedimentology of the "Other" Shales, Upper Devonian, Western New York State (PAPG) Saturday, 18 May, 7:00 a.m.–
6:00 p.m.
5 Hills, Dales and Oil Trails (PGS) Saturday, 18 May, 8:00 a.m.–
5:00 p.m.
Post-Convention Field Trips
6 Rifts, Diabase and the Topographic Fishhook”: Terrain and Military Geology of the Battle of Gettysburg — July 1–3, 1863 (DEG/PGS) SOLD OUT Wednesday, 22 May, 5:00 p.m.–
Thursday, 23 May, 10:00 p.m.
7 Stratigraphy and Depositional Setting of Upper Devonian Ohio Black Shale Divisions and the Overlying Bedford/Berea Sequence in Northeastern Ohio: Dynamic End-Devonian Paleoclimatic Events, Sea-Level Changes, and Tectonism Interpreted from Outcrop, Core, and Wireline Logs(OGS) Wednesday, 22 May, 7:00 p.m.–
Friday, 24 May, 6:00 p.m.
8 Stratigraphy and Depositional Environments of Middle to Late Devonian Natural Gas Reservoirs in the Central Pennsylvania Appalachian Basin: Marcellus, Burkett and Lockhaven Formations (AAPG-SC/SEPM) Wednesday, 22 May, 3:00 p.m.–
Friday, 24 May, 7:00 p.m.
9 Stratigraphy, Stratal Packaging, and Sedimentology of Devonian Shales in Ohio and Kentucky (SEPM) SOLD OUT Wednesday, 22 May, 4:00 p.m.–
Friday, 24 May, 3:00 p.m.
10 Sequence Stratigraphy and Paleoenvironments of the Upper Ordovician Strata of the Cincinnati Arch (Kentucky-Indiana-Ohio Tristate Area): Shell Beds, Storms, Sediment Starvation and Cycles (SEPM) CANCELED Wednesday, 22 May, 8:00 p.m.–
Saturday, 24 May, 8:00 p.m.
(Approximately)
11 Sequence Stratigraphy, Reservoir Architecture of a Coal-Bearing Fluvial Deltaic Sedimentary Succession: the Middle Pennsylvanian Upper Breathitt Group, Eastern Kentucky (SEPM/EMD) SOLD OUT Wednesday, 22 May, 5:00 p.m.–
Saturday, 25 May, 5:00 p.m.
12 Range Resources Marcellus Shale Operations in Washington County, Pennsylvania (PAPG/Range Resources-Appalachia LLC, Southern Marcellus Shale Division) Thursday, 23 May, 7:30 a.m.–
2:00 p.m.
13 Coal Mine Drainage Discharges and Treatment Systems in Southwestern Pennsylvania (DEG) CANCELED Thursday, 23 May, 9:00 a.m.–
2:00 p.m.
14 The Marcellus Shale in South-Central Pennsylvania, Eastern West Virginia and Western Virginia (EMD) Thursday, 23 May, 8:00 a.m.–
Friday, 24 May, 6:00 p.m.
15 Facies of the Great American Carbonate Bank in the Central Appalachians (PGS) CANCELED Thursday, 23 May, 8:00 a.m.–
Saturday, 25 May, 6:00 p.m.
  • IMPORTANT NOTES REGARDING FIELD 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 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 cancelled if undersubscribed.
  • To help us better anticipate the number of attendees and avoid premature cancellation of field trips, please register well before 9 April 2013. Field trip cancellations due to low enrollment will be considered at this time. No refunds will be allowed on field trips after this date.
  • We will continue to take registrations for field trips not cancelled, either until they are sold out or closed.
  • It is important that you note your gender when registering for hotel room assignments.
  • Several weeks prior to the field 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.
  • Proper clothing and supplies are needed for the outdoors (hat, windbreaker, sturdy footwear, sunscreen and rucksack).
  • Depending on location, temperatures can range from 50 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit 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.
  • Neither AAPG nor field 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.

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