A longer 4-day field trip during the mid-term break in September (flower season!) enables the student a wider view of the geological history of the entire Western Cape. The following photos are examples of those taken by students and staff whilst on the trip

	Check out the photo gallery of the 1998 Class!		Check out the photo gallery of the 1999 Class!
	In 2000 the trip was extended to 5-days   Check out the photo gallery		Class of 2001 Photo Gallery
	Class of 2002 Photo Gallery		Class of 2003 Photo Gallery
	Class of 2004 Photo Gallery		Class of 2005 Photo Gallery

Photo gallery of the 1995 - 1996 -1997 Trips

	View south from Bloubergstrand (Malmesbury Group greywackes) to Table Mountain (Cape Supergroup sandstones)		Tight isoclinal folds in Malmesbury Group sediments, Bloubergstrand
	Tombolo developing towards a small island, Big Bay, Bloubergstrand (Robben Island in the distance)		Granite contact with Malmesbury metasediments, Slippers Bay
	Close up showing the detail of the intrusive granite contact, Slippers Bay		Nieuwoudtville waterfall. Flat-lying sandstones of the Nardouw Subgroup (Cape Supergroup) unconformably overlying Vanrhynsdorp Formation (Malmesbury Group)
	Unconformity between Malmesbury Group (right) and Peninsula Formation (Table Mountain Subgroup) exposed in Kogmanskloof, tilted vertical by Cape folding		Large scale glacial megagrooves developed in Ordovician Pakhuis Tillite, Pakhuis Pass, Cedarberg
	Brachiopod fossil impressions, Gydo Pass north of Ceres		Dinosaur footprint impression, Annisfontein trace fossil site, Fraserburg (not visited during First Year, but Fourth Year)
	Dinosaur footprint impression, Annisfontein fossil site, Fraserburg (not visited during First Year, but Fourth Year)		View south towards prominent sandstone-shale successions that characterises the Bokkeveld Group, northern Cedarberg.
	Parasitic folds within a limb of a major anticlinal structure developed in the Peninsula Formation, Kogmans Kloof		Disharmonic anticlinal folds in the Witteberg Subgroup, Karooport
	Monoclinal fold in the Witteberg Subgroup, Ceres		Glacial striations caused by Permian glaciers, base of the Dwyka Group, Oorlogskloof
	Karookop: A hill composed of Dwyka Tillite. Mountains of the Cape Fold Belt in distance		Dune bedding developed in the Pleistocene Langebaan Formation, Langebaan Lagoon
	Dune bedding developed in the Pleistocene Langebaan Formation, Langebaan Lagoon		Detached stack of Langebaan Formation fossil dunes, The Preekstoel (Pulpit), Langebaan Lagoon

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Last Updated: 2003/02/23 by D.L. Reid dlr@geology.uct.ac.za