Otago Geology - Pounawea, Catlins - GEOL344 (Advanced Field Studies)

At the start of each year our third year Advanced Field Studies (GEOL344) students spend several days in the Pounawea area on the Catlins Coast south of Dunedin.

The students learn how to record, measure and interpret a variety of geological structures and how to use stereographic projections to aid structural description, quantification and interpretation. Sedimentological data are collected using graphic logging techniques with a focus on developing a geometrical framework from the structural analyses to constrain sedimentary basin stratigraphy, palaeogeography and environmental change.

This video, taken during the 2017 trip to Pounawea, shows students working on the coastal outcrops.

Department of Geology, University of Otago, New Zealand
https://www.otago.ac.nz/geology/study/papers/index.html?papercode=geol344