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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Post Trip:
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6 days 5 nights - Saturday 11 August to Thursday 16 August 2012
Starts: Kalgoorlie Finishes: Kalgoorlie
Numbers limited to 20
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Cost:
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Land: $2510 per person share twin/double
Single supplement: $505
Air: $1070
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Trip description:
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The Eastern Goldfields Superterrane of the Yilgarn Craton hosts world-class gold and komatiite-hosted nickel deposits within classic Neoarchean granitegreenstones. See the historic gold mining town of Kalgoorlie. Visit major mines and examine their geological setting. The Yilgarn is covered by a thick regolith blanket that includes salt lakes defining a vast paleodrainage system, transported material, extensive laterite hosting huge nickel resources, and deeply weathered in-situ rock.
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Highlights:
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Historic gold-mining town of Kalgoorlie, Super pit, Western Australia outback and wildlife, gold-rush history
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Trip Leader:
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Mr Stephen Wyche, Geological Survey of Western Australia
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Pre Trip:
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8 days 7 nights - Saturday 28 July to Saturday 4 August 2012
Starts: Perth
Finishes: Paraburdoo
Numbers limited to 17
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Cost:
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Land: $3290 per person
Air:$900
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Trip description:
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The Pilbara region of remote Western Australia contains the world’s best preserved early Archean rocks and the oldest fossils occur east of Pilbara granite-greenstones which contain significant mineral deposits that include iron ore, gold, base metals, tin, tantalum, and barite. Sections illustrate the development of the Earth’s crust between 3520 and 3420 Ma. The North Pole 3500-3420 Ma stromatolites provide our best evidence for Earth’s earliest life and the ancient environments. Examine late Archean to early Proterozoic Fortescue and Hamersley Basins which host the huge Pilbara iron ore mines.
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Highlights:
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Pilbara Craton, Marble Bar, Fortescue and Hamersley Basins, Meteorite impact crater, spectacular remote area camping
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Trip Leader/s:
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Dr Arthur Hickman and Dr Martin Van Kranendonk, Geological Survey of Western Australia
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Specific joining instructions apply to this field trip and will be provided upon receipt and confirmation of trip booking. Camping trip.
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Pre Trip:
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9 days 8 nights - Friday 27 July to Saturday 4 August 2012
Starts: Broome
Finishes: Broome
Numbers limited to 18
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Land: $3650 per person
Air: $650
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Trip description:
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Cross the Kimberley Plateau to Kununurra and to Halls Creek, the scene of Western Australia’s first gold rush. See the Paleoproterozoic granites, gabbros and metamorphic rocks, and overlying sandstones. Visit Neoproterozoic glacial deposits, the Devonian barrier reef complex at Windjana Gorge and the sandstone karst landscapes of the Bungle Bungle Range. Mineralization includes diamonds, Argyle, iron ore, Ni-Cr-PGE, Cu-Zn VHMS deposits and gold, Zn-Pb MVT deposits, and hydrocarbons in the Canning Basin
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Highlights:
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Unique plants and wildlife, Aboriginal history and culture, spectacular scenery and spectacular remote area camping.
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Trip Leader/s:
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Dr Ian Tyler and Dr Peter Haines, Geological Survey of Western Australia, Dr Roger Hocking, State Geology
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Special notes:
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Camping trip.
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