QLD-D5 The Scenic Rim of Queensland
Volcanism, Xenoliths, Megacrysts, and Geomorphology of the Early Miocene Main Range Volcanics, Toowoomba

 

Post Trip Saturday 11 August 2012
Start/ End Selected Brisbane Congress hotels (Numbers limited to 45)
Cost $130 fully escorted including lunch and refreshments
Description Miocene mafic volcanic units display nature of explosive and eruptive processes and mantle-derived materials with abundant xenocrysts and ultramafic xenoliths.  Quarry outcrops display mafics ranging from hawaiites, olivine nephelenites, leucite basanites to nepheline benmoreites.  Excellent and sometimes complex exposures.
Highlights Scenery of the Great Dividing Range, the Garden City of Toowoomba and volcanic centres.
Leader Dr Edwin Willey The University of Southern Queensland
   
Booking

This field trip does not include an option for the booking of an additional flight or does not involve air travel.
 

 

 
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