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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 |