Details
Date: Wednesday 4 February
Departs from: Christchurch
Ends: Christchurch
Leaders: Mark Quigley (University of Melbourne), Catherine Reid (University of Canterbury), Matthew Hughes (University of Canterbury), Brendan Duffy (GHD), Sarah Barrett (BECA)
Cost ($NZD inc 15% GST): Approx $50 per person
Description
The fieldtrip will take participants to selected sites in eastern Christchurch and in the Port Hills that experienced substantive geomorphic change resulting from the 2010-2011 Canterbury earthquake sequence (CES). We will first visit the residential red zone in the suburb of Avonside, where numerous geological-geomorphic-geotechnical studies were undertaken in the aftermath of the CES and where upwards of 50cm of surface subsidence occurred. We will then visit tidally-dominated estuary sites in eastern Christchurch to examine geomorphic and biological responses to uplift and subsidence associated with fault displacements and liquefaction settlement. We will conclude with a visit to Rapaki in the Port Hills, where hundreds of rockfalls occurred during the CES, and where evidence for pre-CES (paleo-) rockfalls was thoroughly investigated.
Start and finish locations: The trip begins and ends at Te Pae.
Start and finish times: Commences at 9.00am, Finishes at 4.00pm.
What to bring:
- Water
- Sun protection (sunhat, sunscreen)
- Warm clothing
- Water/windproof jacket
- Hiking shoes
- Personal medication
What to expect: Short walks on flat and sloping ground, including some small hillwalking. Maximum distance walked at any site will be about 300 m.
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