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Waipaoa Source to Sink


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