Field Trip Bookings
For additional field trip information and to book, please go to:
www.quadrantaustralia.com/IGC/FieldTrips.shtml
Alternatively, please contact the official tour agent:
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Quadrant Australia (Travel Licence No: )
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N.B. Air costs are indicative only, and final price will depend on availability at time of booking confirmation
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6 days 5 nights - Saturday 11 August to Thursday 16 August 2012
Starts: Launceston
Finishes: Launceston
Numbers limited to 20
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Land: $2205 per person share twin/double
Single supplement: $380
Air: $300
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| Trip description: |
Travel to Tasmania where the trip provides an overview of the late Proterozoic to late Paleozoic geology of Western Tasmania Terrane. There are Late Proterozoic shallow water sedimentary rocks, Middle Cambrian ophiolite obduction, middle Cambrian volcanic and sedimentary sequences. To the east a deep water clastic sequence forms the East Tasmania Terrane and this transition is exposed in northern Tasmania.
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Cave Trip (Ordovician limestone) and a winery visit in the beautiful Tamar River region. Spectacular coastal, highland and forest scenery
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| Trip Leader/s: |
Dr Ron Berry, University of Tasmania and Dr Stuart Bull, University of Tasmania
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| Post Trip: |
6 days 5 nights Saturday 11 August to Thursday 16 August 2012
Starts: Launceston
Finishes: Hobart
Numbers limited to 24
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Cost:
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Land: $2270 per person share twin/double
Single supplement: $440
Air: $300
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Travel to Tasmania to visit the highly mineralized and scenic Cambrian Mt Read Volcanics which host the Mt Lyell copper deposits, the Rosebery, Hercules and Hellyer Pb/Zn/Cu/Au deposits, and the Henty gold deposit. See the Renison and Mt Bischoff tin deposits, the new Avebury Nickel mine, and the Savage River magnetite deposits.
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Cradle Mountain National Park, spectacular mountain and forest scenery, abundant and unusual wildlife and a colourful mining-related history
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| Trip Leader: |
Dr Geoffrey Green, Mineral Resources Tasmania
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Special notes:
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Specific joining instructions apply to this field trip and will be provided upon receipt and confirmation of trip booking.
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