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Geological Field Mapping, Excursions and Fieldwork

1980
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: North-East Kent ('O' Level Geology)
 
1981
Geological and Geographical Excursion/Field Trip: Lake District ('O' Level Geology and 'A' Level Geography)
 
Biological Excursion/Field Trip: Devon and Cornwall, SW England ('A' Level Biology)
 
1982
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: Shropshire ('A' Level Geology)
 
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: SE England ('A' Level Geology)
 
Geographical Excursion/Field Trip: Malham, Yorkshire ('A' Level Geography)
 
Biological Excursion/Field Trip: Essex District ('A' Level Biology)
 
1983
Geological Mapping Course: Exeter District, England (BSc Degree, University of Exeter, UK)
 
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: Lizard Complex, UK (Exeter University Geological Society)
 
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: North Devon Coast, UK (Exeter University Geological Society)
 
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: North Cornwall Coast, UK (Exeter University Geological Society)
 
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: Bristol district, UK (Exeter University Geological Society)
 
1984
Geological Mapping Course: Llangollen, Wales (BSc Degree, University of Exeter, UK)
 
Geological Mapping Course: Belston, Dartmoor, England (BSc Degree, University of Exeter, UK)
 
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: Mineralisation on Dartmoor (Exeter University Geological Society)
 
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: South Devon Coast (Exeter University Geological Society)
 
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: Granites of SW England (Exeter University Geological Society)
 
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: Geology of Cornwall (Exeter University Geological Society)
 
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: Swanage District (Exeter University Geological Society)
 
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: Lake District (Exeter University Geological Society)
 
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: North Cornwall Coast (Exeter University Geological Society)
 
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: Geothermal potential of SW England (Exeter University Geological Society)
 
1985
Geological Mapping Course: Holy Isle, Anglesey, Wales (BSc Degree, University of Exeter, UK)
 
Geological Field Work: Independent Mapping Project (6 weeks) Lukmanier, Switzerland (BSc Degree, University of Exeter, UK)
 
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: Geology of the Dorset coast (Exeter University Geological Society)
 
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: Mineralisation and mines on Dartmoor (Exeter University Geological Society)
 
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: South Devon Coast (Exeter University Geological Society)
 
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: St. Austel Granite of SW England (Exeter University Geological Society)
 
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: Pembrookshire (Exeter University Geological Society)
 
1986
Geological Mapping Course: Brittany, France (BSc Degree, University of Exeter, UK)
 
Geological Field Work: Exeter University Geological Expedition to China, 1986. - The first foreign Geological Mapping Expedition ever allowed into China. An area of 88 square kilometers in the complex Quinling Fold Belt was mapped in collaboration with the University of Beijing, People's Republic of China.
 
1987
Geological Field Work: Eastern Bushveld Complex, Impala Platinum Limited, Republic of South Africa. An area of 150 square kilometers was mapped and seven drilling rigs supervised to assess the Platinum-Group Element (PGE) potential (Merensky Reef and UG2 Chromitite Reef) of the region.
 
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: Small scale structures and tectonics of North Devon, England (MSc/DIC Degrees, Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London, UK)
 
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: Structural evolution of the Lizard complex, Cornwall, England (MSc/DIC Degrees, Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London, UK)
 
1988
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: Structural and Economic Geology of the Dorset Coast, England (MSc/DIC Degrees, Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London, UK)
 
Geological Mapping Course: Structural Mapping at Holy Isle, Anglesey, North Wales (MSc/DIC Degrees, Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London, UK)
 
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: Structural Geology of South Wales (MSc/DIC Degrees, Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London, UK)
 
Geological Excursion/Field Trip and Mapping Course: Structural Geology of Cantabria, North Spain (MSc/DIC Degrees, Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London, UK)
 
Himalayan field work, Babusar Pass, Upper Kaghan Valley, Pakistan (MSc/DIC Degrees, Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London, UK)
 
1989
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: Southwest England, Terrain course (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)
 
Geological Field Assistant: Simplon Pass, Alps, Switzerland (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)
 
Geological Field Work: Himalayan field work, Upper Kaghan Valley, Pakistan (DrScNat Degree at ETH-Zürich, Switzerland)
 
1990
Geological Field Work: Himalayan field work, Upper Kaghan Valley, Pakistan (DrScNat Degree at ETH-Zürich, Switzerland)
 
1991
Geological Field Work: Himalayan field work, Shang-La Region, Pakistan (DrScNat Degree at ETH-Zürich, Switzerland)
 
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: Alpine Field Traverse, Switzerland and Italy (Conference on Geometry of Naturally Deformed Rocks).
 
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: Windgällen: Aar Massif/Helvetics, Switzerland (Structural Geology Group of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland)
 
1992
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: Karakorum Highway Field Traverse (First South Asian Geological Congress, Pakistan)
 
Geological Field Work: Alaminos district, Philippines (Hydrogeological Consultancy work)
 
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: Neogene shallow marine sequences, Chugoku Mountains, Miyoshi-Shobara, Japan (Symposium on Himalayan Geology)
 
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: Permo-Carboniferous organic reef facies of the Taishaku Limestone plateau, Taishaku, Japan (Symposium on Himalayan Geology)
 
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: Neogene submarine volcanic sequence at Shimane Peninsula, Japan (Symposium on Himalayan Geology)
 
Geological Field Work: Permian - Triassic sequence of the Zanskar Sedimentary Shelf: Structure, Stratigraphy and Chemo-Stratigraphic Study, India (Swiss Academy of Natural Sciences Travel Scholarship)
 
1993
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: Blueschist lithologies of Diamante, Calabria, Italy (Fourth International eclogite conference).
 
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: Ligurian Alps, Italy and Switzerland (Fourth International eclogite conference).
 
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: Western Alps, Italy and Switzerland (Fourth International eclogite conference).
 
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: Eastern Alps, Italy and Switzerland (Fourth International eclogite conference).
 
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: sequence and correlation of tectonic and metamorphic events in Southeastern Vermont, USA (Geological Society of America Annual Meeting)
 
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: Loughshinny, Country Ireland, Ireland to study the inverted Carboniferous basin margin (Tectonic Studies Group Annual General Meeting).
 
1994
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: Rhone Fault System, Martigny / Sion, Switzerland (11th Swiss Tectonic Studies Group Annual Meeting).
 
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: Simplon Fault System, Sierre / Brig, Switzerland (11th Swiss Tectonic Studies Group Annual Meeting).
 
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: Siwaliks (Surai Khola) and Midland Formation (Butwal - Pokhara), West Nepal (9th Himalaya-Karakorum-Tibet Workshop).
 
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: Central Crystallines to study the Siwaliks and Midland Formations, Langtang National Park, Langtang Valley, Central Nepal Himalaya (9th Himalaya-Karakorum-Tibet Workshop).
 
Geological Field Work: Shang-La Pass Region, Malam Jabba area, Jijal - Patan) Pakistan (Post-Doctoral Research Project).
 
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: ophiolites and mélanges, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman (Post-Doctoral Research Project).
 
1995
Geological Field Work: Shang-La Pass Region, Malam Jabba area, Jijal - Patan, Chilas, Gilgit, Hunza, Kaghan Valley) Pakistan (Post-Doctoral Research Project).
 
Geological Field Work: Core sampling for carbonates sequences in the lakes of Maine, Northern Maine, USA.
 
1996
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: SW USA (Private tour).
 
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA (11th Himalaya-Karakorum-Tibet Workshop).
 
Geological Field Work: Southern Alps, Italy (Sample collection in the Dolomites with Pakistan Professors).
 
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: Tectonometamorphic evolution of the Central Ogcheon Belt, South Korea (ETH-TIT Award)
 
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: Mt. Fuji, Hakone, Odawara and Kamakura areas, Japan (ETH-TIT Award)
 
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: Horokanai Ophiolitic Complex, Kamuikotan Tectonic Belt (Hidaka Magmatic Zone, Central Hokkaido) Japan (ETH-TIT Award)
 
1997
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: Mineralogy of Eastern Maine, USA (University of Maine, USA).
 
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: Structural Geology of the Stillwater Dam, Orono, Maine (University of Maine, USA).
 
Geological Excursion/Field Trip: Polymetamorphism in Western Maine, USA: Mineralogical, Petrologic and Textural Manifestations and regional Geologic Implications (University of Maine, USA).
 
Geological Excursion/Field Trip Leader: Geology of Mount Desert Island (GES 101 - Introduction to Geology, University of Maine, USA).
 
1998
Geological Excursion/Field Trip Leader: Strike-Slip Faulting in Maine (GES 416 - Introduction to Structural Geology, University of Maine, USA).
 
Geological Excursion/Field Trip Leader: Geology of Mount Desert Island (GES 101 - Introduction to Geology, University of Maine, USA).
 
Geological Excursion/Field Trip Leader: Stress and Strain of Igneous Dyke Emplacement, Schoodic Point, Acadia National Park (GES 416 - Introduction to Structural Geology, University of Maine, USA).

     

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