Planning Workshop for New Zealand Primary Site 2013
April 14-17, 2013 • Wellington, New Zealand
Wellington, New Zealand
Attendees at the student symposium, held at Victoria University, Wellington on May 14, one day before the GeoPRISMS Planning Workshop for New Zealand
Juli Morgan, chair of GeoPRISMS, gave the students an introductory talk about GeoPRISMS activities
Morning talks were focused on New Zealand geology
Students presenting their research during the symposium poster session
Student Symposium poster session
Student Symposium poster session
Student Symposium poster session
Student Symposium poster session
Student Symposium poster session
Student Symposium poster session
Nicola Litchfield (GNS Science) and Tim Little (Victoria University of Wellington) lead a field trip to the Wellington Fault Geology. At Stop 1, Nicola shows the support columns at the Thorndon overpass, to minimise damage in the event of an earthquake on the Wellington Fault located right underneath the highway
Symposium Field Trip Stop 2: Students gather around Tim Little at Petone Wharf along Wellingon Harbor. Major uplift of the Wellington Basin occurred after the 1855 Wairarapa Earthquake
Group photo at Petone Wharf, with the City of Wellington in the background
Symposium Field Trip Stop 3: Sign points out the Wellington Fault Scarplet at Harcourt Park – Upper Hutt
Symposium Field Trip Stop 3: California Drive, Upper Hutt – The Wellington Fault coincides with the road, so no houses cross the fault
Symposium Field Trip Stop 3: Offset along the Wellington Fault at Totara Park is well preserved and clearly visible
Symposium Field Trip Stop 3: From left to right Nicola Litchfield, Tim Little, Susan Schwartz and Laura Wallace
Nice exposure of the Wellington Fault crush zone on the Northeast bank of the Hutt River
Hutt River
Symposium Field Trip Stop 4: Te Marua alluvial terraces are displaced in a dextral sense along the Wellington Fault
Symposium Field Trip Stop 5: Brecciated and sheared greywacke adjacent to the Wellington Fault, along the bank of the Hutt River at Taita Gorge.
Icebreaker at Foxglove restaurant
Welcome from Prue Williams from the New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Juli Morgan, chair of GeoPRISMS, introduced the aims of the workshop and the GeoPRISMS program
Poster sessions during morning and afternoon teas
Break out session
Break out session
Break out session
Student dinner at Osteria del Toro
Wellington waterfront and the Te Papa Museum, venue for the workshop
Picture of Te Marae, part of the exhibit on Maori Culture at Te Papa Museum, Wellington
Gill Jolly speaks about monitoring of volcanic hazards in New Zealand
Wellington waterfront at night
Students preparing their closing presentation
Conference Dinner at the Dockside restaurant on the Wellington waterfront
Animated discussion around the giant geological map of New Zealand
Dan Bassett presented the student perspective on behalf of students participants
Participants of the 2013 GeoPRISMS Implementation Workshop for the New Zealand Primary Site in front of the colorful Marae at Te Papa Museum, Wellington