Name: _______________________________
GEOL252 2016: Fieldwork Preparation: Orientation and Safety
Fill out this form regardless of whether you are taking GEOL252 in Summer School or in Semester One.
This document serves several purposes:
1.
For you to give us names and addresses of contacts at home and to inform us of any problems you may have that may
affect your safety in the field.
2.
To enable you to orient yourself in advance of the Maerewhenua and Borland field classes.
3.
To enable you to assess the general hazards and hazards at each of the field localities and to think about how you will
behave in the field to reduce the risks associated with each of these hazards.
Other documents (http://www.otago.ac.nz/geology/study/field-trips/geol252-maerewhenau.html
http://www.otago.ac.nz/geology/study/field-trips/geol252-borland.html) on our website may help you here. There is also a
word version of this document in case you want to complete it on a computer.
Procedure:
If you intend taking GEOL252 you must complete the rest of this form and get it to Dee Roben by 27th November
2015. This form will contribute to your assessment on the field class: it will be marked like any other piece of work. This
is mandatory preparation for GEOL252. You will not be accepted into GEOL252 unless you have completed this work to
an acceptable level (ie you get a pass mark). Ways of getting the work to Dee:
1. Hand it in to her.
2. Send by post to:
Dee Roben - Academic Administrator
Geology Department, University of Otago
PO Box 56
Dunedin 9054
New Zealand
3. Email a pdf version (scanned or worked directly on the original documents) to geology@otago.ac.nz
Name your file: LASTNAME, initials-252-2015. You must send a single pdf file! Scan to a single pdf or get a
pdf merger like PDFSaM (http://www.pdfsam.org/downloads/). PDFSaM Instructions
Information we need
The data on this document will be made available to all staff on the fieldclass and will be kept for future reference. If you
have relevant information that you wish to remain discrete and would rather not put down in the next section, please
communicate problems by emailing Dee (dee.roben@otago.ac.nz).
Name:
Mobile phone number:
Holiday time (December-January) address:
Email address:
Intending on taking GEOL 252:
Summer
School
Semester
One
No
preference
Emergency contact at home:
Name:
Fax No:
Address:
Relationship:
Phone No:
List any illnesses/ injuries that may affect your safety in the field (Please include, asthma, hay fever or other allergies,
vertigo, poor eyesight, diabetes):
What precautions can you take in the field to reduce risk of problems associated with the above? Include listing any
medication you need to bring?
Do you have any special dietary requirements?
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1. General Preparation
1.1 Equipment:
List what you will take into the field every day and at least one reason why you need each item. Include items
that relate to health and safety and items that relate to work. Bear in mind that we are likely to be in the field
from 9.00 to 18.00 each day irrespective of the weather.
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1.2 General Hazards
Under each of the following subheadings list the hazards you can think off (bear in mind you will be in a group)
and the precautions that reduce the risk associated with those hazards.
1.2.1 Working in the intertidal zone
Hazard
Precautions
Hazard
Precautions
Hazard
Precautions
1.2.2 Working by steep cliffs
Hazard
Precautions
Hazard
Precautions
Hazard
Precautions
1.2.3 Working by roadsides
Hazard
Precautions
Hazard
Precautions
Hazard
Precautions
1.2.4 Using Geological Hammers (we will have some and safety goggles that you can borrow).
Hazard
Precautions
Hazard
Precautions
Hazard
Precautions
1.2.4 General hazards related to the weather
Hazard
Precautions
Hazard
Precautions
Hazard
Precautions
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1.3 Behaviour in Rural Areas
List aspects of your behaviour that are important in preserving the environment and maintaining good
relationships with farmers and other local people during the course of the fieldclass.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1.4 Emergencies
a. On this fieldclass you will always be close to a group comprising half of the fieldclass. If there is an
accident or some other urgent problem arises, what should you do?
b.
What is meant by the ABC (or DRSABC) of first aid? Briefly explain the importance of this.
2. Maerewhenua Itinerary: orientation and planning for specific hazards
The exact itinerary will depend upon weather and other factors. The exercises below will give you an idea of
where we are going, what the geology is and what specific hazards exist.
2.1 On at least one day we will go to a coastal locality- next to Oamaru harbour.
a.
Fill in the times (use the 24 hour clock and daylight savings time) and heights (in m) of high tide and low
tide and whether the tides are spring or neap for each of the days of the class where we are working on the
coast. Dates for both summer school and semester 1 classes are listed. Calculate tides for all dates,
irrespective of which class you are on. Tide tables and instructions on how to use them can be found at:
http://www.linz.govt.nz/hydro/tidal-info/tide-tables/calculate or use the tool at
http://www.niwa.co.nz/services/online-services/tide-forecaster
Low tides
High tides
Saturday 30th January
Sunday 31st January
Monday 1st February
Tuesday 2nd February
Wednesday 3rd February
Thursday 4th February
Tuesday 23rd February
Wednesday 24th February
Thursday 25th February
Friday 26th February
Saturday 27th February
Sunday 28th February
b. Outline in 3 to 4 lines how you have calculated the tide times.
Spring/Neap
c.
Suggest which is the best day for us to go to Oamaru, given that we can only work within 3 hours of low
tide.
d.
Explain what is meant by spring and neap tides.
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2.2 The following table lists the grid references of arrival and departure points and localities we intend to visit
associated with each place. We are staying at Dansey’s Pass Motor Camp at grid reference 14082 50203. If you
have forgotten about grid references, use your GEOL112 lab book (page 1.4).
Place
Danseys Camp
River section
Smiths Road
Section
Riverslea
Dip Hill
Arrival
Point
14
082 50203
Departure
Point
Working Areas
Same as arrival
Walk down into the river gorge.
14
109 50158
14
14
126 50264
124 50233
Same as arrival
Along roadside and extensively in grid box (1410
5016)
Along side of earthquakes road in grid box (1412 5026)
Ground between Toharaki-Duntroon Rd, Dip Hill
Road and Duntroon Road. Also along these roads.
Cross dam and work around lake between grid
squares (1377 5060) and (1379 5063)
Up track to quarry at 14141 50198. All work within
14
116 50168
14
114 50216
Benmore Dam
13
761 50607
Same as arrival
Tokarahi Quarry
14
136 50198
Same as arrival
Oamaru
14
410 50029
Same as arrival
500m of here.
Along coast or along track to lighthouse. Coastal
work in box (1441 5002)
You are provided with three geological maps and a series of nine topographic maps on a variety of scales. All
maps have either 1km or 10km grids. You may also want to access other resources such as google maps or earth
to help identify hazards and for general orientation. See section that follows on resources you may want to use.
The maps are incomplete because the scale is not marked and North is not marked.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Add the missing information to make all the maps complete.
Locate detailed topographic maps on maps of less detail (with boxes) so that you can easily locate any of
the maps on the general topographic and geological maps. Number the maps in some logical way so that
you can find your way around your maps.
On the appropriate maps, mark the arrival and departure points and the working areas. Mark possible
access routes appropriate (consider topography, tracks, tidal conditions etc).
On the appropriate maps, annotate, neatly and clearly, the hazards, associated with the working localities
and the approach to the localities that you can assess from the maps (or from online resources listed below).
If relevant make reference to your tide table. An example hazard map can be seen at
(http://www.otago.ac.nz/geology/admin-health-safety/field-procedures/index.html)
By reference to the geological map, suggest on the map, what age and type of rocks we will be examining
at the localities. Annotate this onto the appropriate maps. This is quite different using the printed geological
maps – you may want to enlarge the pdf version on screen.
Mark the maps in pencil so that changes can be made later if necessary. You will need to use the maps each day
of the fieldclass so ensure your work is neat. If you use symbols, make sure there is a key.
3. Borland Itinerary: orientation and planning for specific hazards
Use the map labeled Borland. (1km grid) You will also need to access other resources such as google maps or
earth to help identify hazards and for general orientation. See section that follows on resources you may want to
use.
a. Add scale bar and north arrow to the map.
b. Indicate the location of the enlarged map on the main map
c. General locations of some places we will visit are shown on the map (labeled A,B,C,D,E). Fill in the
table provided on the next page. In the hazards box list some hazards associated with those areas.
Include hazards with walking to those areas.
-Borland Road is narrow with drop-offs on one side. We will be examining road-cut outcrops.
-We will be going to the South-Coast to examine outcrops along the coast.
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Locality
Grid reference
(6 numbers)
Borland
Lodge
Hazards
Not required
A
B
C
D
E
Borland Road
outcrops
NA
South Coast
NA
4.resources you may want to use
You may find it helpful to access some online resources to look at the maps in a wider context and to look at the
landscape via tools such as Google Earth:
http://www.topomap.co.nz/
This allows you to look at topo maps and/ or satellite imagery (and superpose the images).
https://maps.google.co.nz/
For map view with or without terrain and for satellite view.
http://www.google.com/earth/index.html
To download Google Earth. Flyovers, 3D views etc not available using the topomap site.
http://data.gns.cri.nz/geology/ (GNS Science New Zealand Geology Web Map)
Instructions for using the New Zealand Geology web map
You may wish (not needed but useful) to buy the relevant QMAP sheet (Geological map plus a book explaining
the geology). These can be purchased from GNS Science or UBS. They are also freely available in digital
format on the Geology GIS database (campus access only):
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1hCpnhgJDLSKOUpCxEGoWFgYeRjaQRwYwrzxCh8xnmo0/viewform
The relevant sheets are:
Geology of the Waitaki Area 1:250,000 editor P.J. Forsyth
Geology of the Murihiku area 1:250,000 Turnbull, I.M., Allibone, A.H. (compilers)
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