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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Pre Trip:
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8 days 7 nights - Sunday 28 July to Saturday 4 August 2012
Starts: Noumea
Finishes: Noumea
Numbers limited to 15
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Costs:
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Land: $1935
Single supplement: $805
Air: From $985.00
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Trip description:
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See an integrated view of the subduction/obduction system and subsequent supergene evolution that lead to the formation of the nickel ores of New Caledonia. Visit the blueschist-eclogite belt of northern New Caledonia to see the tectonic relationships between subducted and exhumed mélange with foreland basins and ophiolite. Visit an operating nickel mine with ultramafic protoliths and tropical oxidised soils which host the nickel ore and the famous garnierite crack seals.
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Highlights:
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Isle of Pines, World Heritage Lagoon, coral reefs, nickel mine
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Optional:
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Amedee lighthouse with glassbottom boat or snorkelling - $200.00
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Trip Leader/s:
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Professor Dominique Cluzel, University of New Caledonia, and Mr Pierre Maurizot, B.R.G.M. Nouméa
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Special notes:
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Delegates are required to book own air travel to arrive in Noumea on evening of 29 July and to fly to Brisbane late afternoon on 4 August, unless you request that Quadrant Australia book it for you.
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