New Zealand, 2009

Collaborator Leif Tapanila admiring the scenery

Gabe toasts the Paleogene with Dutch colleagues Sluijs and Brinkhuis

Lacustrine limestone beds of the Flagstaff Fm.

The geo-caravan heads into the Waipara River Valley

Gabe, Brenda, Leif, and some July snow on the plateau

Trip leader Chris Hollis holds forth

Gypsum in several growth habits

Diagenesis in Oligocene marls

 

Gypsum in several growth habits

Classic braided river – southern Alps

 

Collaborator Leif Tapanila admiring the scenery

Engineering marvels

 

Lacustrine limestone beds of the Flagstaff Fm.

Tree fern cross-section

Gabe, Brenda, Leif, and some July snow on the plateau

Juxtaposition of Cretaceous and Oligocene sediments – unconformity

Dead trees: bark beetles at work

Headed to K/P floral site on mine property

Gypsum in several growth habits

Earliest Paleocene fossiliferous shales

Collaborator Leif Tapanila admiring the scenery

Sightseeing at the pancake rocks, western coast

 

Lacustrine limestone beds of the Flagstaff Fm.

      Imbricated Cretaceous conglomerate

Gabe, Brenda, Leif, and some July snow on the plateau

Jim Zachos checks out the Marshall Unconformity

Dead trees: bark beetles at work

Classic K/P boundary site – heavily looted and drilled!

 

Gypsum in several growth habits

Headed up Mead Stream, Marlborough

Collaborator Leif Tapanila admiring the scenery

Trying to stay dry

 

Lacustrine limestone beds of the Flagstaff Fm.

Beautifully bedded middle Eocene sediments

Lacustrine limestone beds of the Flagstaff Fm.

Brain rocks on the beach

Lacustrine limestone beds of the Flagstaff Fm.

Local resident – beach bum

Lacustrine limestone beds of the Flagstaff Fm.

Shipping out for the north island