Victoria University Antarctic Research Expedition Science and Logistics Reports 1979-80: VUWAE 24

STRUCTURE OF FIELD EVENTS

STRUCTURE OF FIELD EVENTS

Beacon Studies (Event 11a)

Dec. 4 - Jan. 7 Coal measure studies at Mt. Fleming, Horseshoe Mountain and Shapeless Mountain.
A. Pyne (Leader/Geologist)
A. Ross (Geological assistant)
B. Walker (Geological assistant)

Cenozoic Studies (Event 11b)

Dec. 5 - Dec. 22 Exploration of Coombs Hills for evidence of pre-Pleistocene lodgement tills.
H. Brady (Geologist)
B. McKelvey (Leader/Geologist)
K. Woodford (DSIR assistant)
Dec. 19 - Dec. 22 Sampling basement granites at Bull Pass for Fission track studies.
B. McKelvey
K. Woodford

Slope Process (Event 11c)

Dec. 8-13 Mapping of moraines in the Pearse Valley.
D. Waghorn
I. Wright (Leader)

Gravity Survey (Event 13)

Dec. 7 - Dec. 24 Gravity observations were made on the lower Taylor Glacier and in the Taylor Dry Valley.
H. Miller (West Germany, Geophysist)
B. Sissons (Leader/Geophysist)
Dec. 25 - Jan 4 Gravity ties to Scott Base made by Helo. Day trips only.
H. Miller
B. Sissons
Jan 5-12 Gravity observations in McMurdo Sound and on Ross Island.
H. Miller
Jan 13 - 15 Small scale gravity Survey in Wright Valley.
H. Miller

Marine Seismic Survey (Event 12)

Feb 5-20 Seismic surveying in McMurdo Sound aboard USCG Icebreaker "Glacier".
D. Bennett N.Z. DSIR Geophysics
T. Dean
B. Sissons V.U.W.
C. Brown P. White