Field Trips
Field trips in New Zealand cover virtually all the aspects of sedimentary geology, with the only notable exception being evaporites.
The trips proposed so far below have been selected to indicate as wide a range of sedimentary systems and process as possible and is by no means an exhaustive list.
Please note:
- You will be able to book a field trip during the registration process.
- Field trips will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
- The organising committee reserves the right to cancel a trip at any time, offering a full refund (of the field trip fee only) or offering the participant the opportunity to change to another available trip.
There will also be mid-conference field trips on Wednesday 28 January.
PRE CONFERENCE

Volcano-sedimentary processes around New Zealand’s active andesite and rhyolite volcanoes
Date: 21 – 25 January 2026
Leader: Anke Zernack

Distal sedimentation from large-volume silicic eruptions in a regression-dominated marine environment
Date: 22 – 23 January 2026
Leader: Szabolcs Kosik

POST CONFERENCE
In the Shadow of Mt. Taranaki: Miocene to Recent Deposits from Rivers to the Deep Sea
Date: 30 January - 2 February 2026
Leader: Andrew La Croix

Lacustrine sedimentation – ancient rift fill tectonic control on alternating lacustrine and coal
Date: tbc
Leader: Kari Basset
