Fieldtrips

Fieldtrips

The PGK organizes about two or three field trips per year. Members have the opportunity to see interesting geological features in The Netherlands and surrounding countries. During the trips participants have plenty of time to meet other PGK members. Mostly there is one one-day field trip, proximal to the Hague, and one three-four day field trip to an area farther afield. Apart from visiting outcrops or quarries, companies regularly welcome PGK-groups in order to explain their production techniques. The fieldtrips are organized by one of the board members but specialists are always invited to explain local geology.



Upcoming fieldtrips

excursion

excursion

Friday 9 March 2012  08:15 - Friday 9 March 2012  

Geothermal Energy in the Netherlands: a day trip to three “hot” sites

Organiser: Geert-Jan Vis

According to the Dutch Mining Law geothermal energy is heat extracted from depths below 500 m. In practice, groundwater with economically producible temperatures is found deeper than 1500 m. The use of geothermal energy in the Netherlands got on track since the successful exploration wells by Rik van den Bosch in 2007 to a Cretaceous aquifer in the West Netherlands Basin. Since then, some 106 license applications have been submitted and 9 wells have been drilled. This field trip will focus on several aspects of this new branch of energy production such as geology, technology, interference with hydrocarbons, spatial planning, applications and the state-of-art.

When: Friday 9 March 2012

Price: €30,-

Programme:

  • Departure from Den Haag Central Station: 08h15;
  • Morning: visit to currently drilling geothermal well-site Honselersdijk including presentations on geology and technical aspects of the project;
  • Mid day: visit to geothermal site Pijnacker with hydrocarbon complications, including presentations on geology and technical aspects of the project;
  • Field lunch (included);
  • Afternoon: visit to producing geothermal site Den Haag, including guided tour of the installation, presentations on the project and on geothermal energy in the Netherlands;
  • Drinks in Den Haag near Den Haag Central Station;
  • Estimated end of programme: 18h00

This trip is full, you can register but will be put on the reserves list. You will be informed when a place comes available.

For registration please use the following link:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFFVNk1WWUZGWnY5NF9CWWR2ZTlaUkE6MQ

excursion

excursion

Wednesday 16 May 2012 - Saturday 19 May 2012  

GEO-GASTRONOMICAL FIELD TRIP TO SICILY

Organiser: Geert-Jan Vis
Guide: Ben Dewever

Stratigraphy, sedimentology, diagenesis and structural evolution of the Mesozoic carbonates

During this field trip we will visit the Mediterranean island of Sicily that plays a key role in the African-European plate convergence.  The island is (in-)famous for Mount Etna and the mafia, none of which form the focus of this field trip. Instead, the trip will focus on deformed Mesozoic carbonates and the better side of gastronomy in Sicily.

The field trip will unravel the palaeogeographic and structural evolution since the Mesozoic. Furthermore, diagenesis and fluid flow reconstruction will be discussed in the light of this evolution. Some world-class structural and sedimentological outcrops will be visited, amongst others a 100 ft thick melange thrust zone and splendid outcrops of the Ammonitico rosso. Finally, attention will be given to the implications for hydrocarbon prospectivity; we will even see in-situ hydrocarbons dripping from the outcrops!

Due to its central position, Sicily has been invaded by the Arabs, Normans, Spanish and Greeks. Their presence is reflected in the local cuisine which uses fruits, vegetables, olives, cheese, fish and spices. We will try to savour many of the gastronomic delights of the region.

Accessibility: 0-99 years old

When: Wednesday 16 – Saturday 19 May 2012

Price: about €325

Flights: excluded from the excursion price, please book and pay yourselves with Transavia

Provisional programme:

Wednesday 16 May 2012

  • Flight Amsterdam-Catania: 18h00-20h45 (Transavia flight: HV  547);
  • Dinner in Catania;
  • Hotel in Catania.

Thursday 17 May 2012

  • Morning: Monte Iudica & Monte Scalpello region;
  • Lunch: typical rural lunch;
  • Afternoon: mountains near Cefalú;
  • Dinner in mountains near Cefalú;
  • Hotel in Cefalú.

Friday 18 May 2012

  • Morning: Kumeta region;
  • Lunch in Palermo (?);
  • Late-afternoon city walk in Cefalú and visit to outcrops;
  • Dinner in Cefalú;
  • Hotel in Cefalú.

Saturday 19 May 2012

  • Montelepre region;
  • Lunch in Terrasini;
  • Flight Catania-Amsterdam: Saturday 19 May 2012 21h55-01h00 (Transavia flight: HV  936).

For registration please use the following link.