Nelson Rock and Mineral Club
Date |
Event |
Leader/Presenter |
Monday, March 6th |
Special lecture: 3D modelling of sub-surface geology below our majr cities |
Katy Jones |
Wednesday 20th March |
Club Meeting: Slates and other foliated rocks + a short talk on the geology of the Baton River |
Steve Cross; Tom Brown |
Saturday 23rd March |
Field Trip: Baton River gravels and geology |
Tom Brown |
Thursday 18th April |
Club Meeting: Atmospheric rivers + short talk on the geology of the St Arnaud area |
Jean Gorman |
TBC |
Field Trip: St Arnaud glaciation and faults |
Paul Wopereis and others |
Thursday 16th May |
Club Meeting: William Smith - the man who made geology maps (TBC) |
Alan Mathews |
Sunday 19th May |
Field Trip: Tertiary rocks of the western Moutere Basin |
Dave Briggs, Tom Brown |
Thursday 20th June |
Club Meeting: The forgotten bolide: the mystery of the Lower Dryas |
Dave Briggs |
Saturday 22nd June |
Workshop: Sedimentary rocks and what they can tell us |
Dave Briggs, Alan Mathews |
Thursday 18th July |
Club meeting: Geoloogy of Northern Italy and the Bolca area |
Diane Toole |
Sunday 22nd July |
Workshop: Metamorphic rocks |
Tom Brown and others |
Thursday 15th August |
Club Meeting: Epidotes and other minerals |
Tom Brown |
Saturday 17th August |
Field Trip: Maitai Valley metamorphics |
TBC |
Thursday 19th September |
Club meeting: Geology of the Cobb Valley |
Paul Wopereis |
Sunday 22nd September |
Field Trip: Upper Moptueka Valley fossicking |
Tom Brown and Dave Briggs |
Thursday 17th October |
Club Meeting: Short talks |
Club members |
Saturday 19th October |
Field Trip: Canaan Down |
TBC |
Thursday 15th November |
AGM and Club Meeting: invited speaker |
TBC |
Sunday 18th November |
Field Trip: Triassic fossils and rocks |
Ian Ladds, Dave Briggs |