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NSF-MARGINS Workshop on the
Waipaoa Focus Area
(Source-to-Sink)
Date: May 4-9, 2003
Location: Gisborne, Wellington, New Zealand
Organizers: Steven Kuehl, Lionel Carter
Basil Gomez, Noel Trustrum
Applications: before January 15th, 2003
MARGINS -Field Trip Itinerary
IMPORTANT FIELD TRIP INFORMATION
In order to make the best use of time during the Monday field trip, and for maximum comfort, please follow these guidelines.
Field Dress: Should have sturdy shoes and wet weather gear. Day-glow jackets have been suggested for safety.
Monday Departure for Field: All participants must load their field gear on leaving the Hotel Monday morning. The vans WILL NOT return to the Hotel following the opening session and background lectures, but will depart for the field promptly at 10:30 from the Rose Room.
Monday, 5 May 2003
| 10:30 | Depart Gisborne – Rose Room | |
| 10:45 | Arrive Gray's Bush Vegetation history (Mike Page, Chris Ward) |
STOP 1 |
| 11:15 | Depart Gray's Bush | |
| 12:00 | Arrive at Mangatu terrace vista Outline of geology, tectonics, terraces and downcutting history (Mike Marden, Kelvin Berryman, Colin Mazengarb) |
STOP 2 |
| 12:30 | Depart Mangatu terrace vista | |
| 12:45 | Arrive Airstrip terrace Lunch Terrace age, stratigraphy, tephrachronology (Mike Marden, Alan Palmer) Knickpoint migration, and landscape evolution (Kelin Whipple, Ben Crosby) |
STOP 3 |
| 13:45 | Depart Airstrip terrace | |
| 14:15 | Arrive Tarndale and Mangatu gullies Terrain stability, history of gully erosion, measurement using DEM's, sediment delivery and storage (Mike Marden, Tomomi Marutani) |
STOP 4 |
| 15:00 | Depart Tarndale and Manguta gullies | |
| 15:30 | Arrive Kanakanaia Bridge Floods and the gauging record (Dave Peacock, Bob Back) Suspended sediment sources and yield (Murray Hicks, Noel Trustrum) |
STOP 5 |
| 16:15 | Depart Kanakanaia Bridge | |
| 16:30 | Arrive Kaitaratahi Lookout Holocene floodplain evolution and gravel sequences (Kelvin Berryman) European (modern) floodplain accretion rates - McPhail's Bend (Basil Gomez) |
STOP 6 |
| 17:15 | Depart Kaitaratahi Lookout | |
| 18:00 | Arrive Gisborne - Blue Pacific Motel | |
| 19:15 | Pre-dinner drinks and discussions at The Works Restaurant | |
| 20:00 | Dinner at The Works Restuarant |
Tuesday, 6 May
| 8:00 | Depart Gisborne – Blue Pacific Motel | |
| 8:30 | Arrive Waipaoa River viewing platform Cyclone Bola damage, bed aggradation/degradation, river mouth migration and Flood Control Scheme (Dave Peacock) |
STOP 1 |
| 9:00 | Depart viewing platform | |
| 9:30 | Arrive Pakowhai Rd Landslide contribution to Waipaoa sediment yield (Mike Page, Murray Hicks) Impacts of August 2002 storm (Nick Preston) |
STOP 2 |
| 10:30 | Depart Pakowhai Rd | |
| 12:30 | Arrive Lake Tutira Lunch Cyclone Bola sediment budget, sedimentation rates, paleostorm record (Mike Page, Noel Trustrum) |
STOP 3 |
| 14:00 | Depart Lake Tutira | |
| Coffee/tea etc at Selini Winery | ||
| 18:00 | Arrive Palmerston North - Awatea Motel | |
| 19:15 | Pre-dinner drinks, discussions at Massey University Staff Club | |
| 19:45 | Dinner at Massey University Staff Club |
