POTENTIAL 302 PROJECT AREAS 2017 *(note this is the person to talk to – supervisors may be switched around to improve field supervision efficiency) Area no Supervisor * Types of rock/ work Logistical details, of Constraints areas Swinburn. Central Otago, 1-2 Dave Sediments, volcanics and A few km from 15km east of Ranfurly Prior/Christina Schist. Mapping with focus accommodation. Bicycle Riesselman on relationships of volcanics would work. Easier with to sediments and Schist motorized transport. basement. False Islet, Cannibal bay 1-2 Dave A variety of sediments No transport needed once and Surat Bay. Catlins. Prior/Christina affected by folding and in area. Accommodation Coast 6km east of Owaka Riesselman faulting. Mapping coupled to options within walking sedimentary logging. distance. Nevis Basin, High Central Must be Dave Sediments, Schist and faults. High, relatively remote Otago 2 Prior/Christina Mapping out major contacts area. Appropriate only to Riesselman and collecting data to unravel a team with some back- deformation history country experience. Motorised transport essential. Cornish Head, near 1 Christina Sediments, including Field area 30 mins north Waikouiati Riesselman diatomite, volcanics, landslide of Uni. St Bathans area, central 2 Dave Craw Sediments, Schist and faults. Car to get to area- maybe Otago public transport. Car or bike useful in area. Mount Charles – behind 1 James White volcaniclastic and other not tide dependent Allans Beach volcanic rocks Purakauni Inlet +/- Potato 1 James White volcaniclastic and other Car, public transport or Pt volcanic rocks bike. Portobello Peninsula 1 James White volcaniclastic and other Car, public transport or volcanic rocks bike. Kakanui (North Head, 1 James White pyroclastic rocks in marine Car or maybe public South Head) sed r transport. Pigroot Creek 1-2 James White pyroclastic rocks and lavas in Car probably necessary Otago Tertiary sed rx Sandymount digital 1 Steven Smith Dunedin Volcanic Group and Car or maybe public Mapping Ray Marx sediments. Structural analysis transport/bike. of contacts. Mapping to be done digitally. Ocean View/Brighton 1 Steven Smith Dunedin Sequence rocks. Car or maybe public digital mapping Ray Marx Structural analysis. transport/bike. Sedimentary Logging. Mapping to be done digitally. Purakanui Bay, Catlins 1-2 Chris Moy A variety of sediments Transport needed to affected by folding and Catlins and to northern faulting. Mapping coupled to part of study area. Good sedimentary logging. camping at Purakaunui Bay. Derdan Hill, Mt. Baldie, 3-4 Candace Martin/ Sediments, volcanics and Field area 30 mins north and Karitane Peninsula) Chris Moy Schist. Mapping with focus of Uni. Suggest car on sedimentary sequence. pooling with others or public transport. Tokarahi-Awamoa- 2-3 Ewan Fordyce Cenozoic sedimentary rocks Car essential Earthquakes and fossils Could pair with someone working on Schist Kakanui South-Aorere 2 Ewan Fordyce Cenozoic sedimentary rocks Car essential Point-Bridge Point and fossils, overlying Could pair with someone volcanics working on volcanics Shag Point 1 maybe Ewan Fordyce Cretaceous-Cenozoic sed Car essential 2 rocks and fossils Could pair with someone working Horse Range area Anywhere in the 1 James Scott Mapping the relationships of Car probably necessary. Maniototo-East Otago area; Otago Schist, Tertiary Bike for some areas. parts of the Rail Trail an sediments and Miocene option volcanics Tokarahi (Dip Hill) Sill, 1 Mike Palin Gabbroic sill intruded into No transport needed once Noth Otago Cenozoic sedimentary rocks. in area. Campground Detailed mapping with focus within walking distance. on internal structure of sill. Must have taken GEOL 264/364. Kawakaputa Point, 1 Mike Palin Diorite with mafic enclaves Car needed. Campground Southland and dikes. Detailed mapping at Colac Bay, <5km east. with focus on possible Tides may restrict access. relations between enclaves Must have taken GEOL and dikes.. 264/364. Otago Shelf and upper 1-3 Andrew Gorman Seismic boomer data and co- Will involve a 2 or 3 day Waitaki Submarine Canyon incident multibeam imagery, excursion on the Polaris sediment samples. II in mid-March as part of No onshore field mapping. a data collection effort for Stratigraphic and structural a PhD project. Lab work mapping based on seismic to analyse data will data and multibeam require about a week’s effort. Dowling Bay 1 Marco Brenna Mapping of Public transport, car, sedimentary/volcanic bicycle succession, petrographic descriptions Tomahawk Beach 1 Marco Brenna Mapping of volcanic deposits, Public transport, car, petrographic descriptions bicycle, low-tide will help