Field excursions offer the opportunity to visit geological features in western region of Thailand (Kanchanaburi – Suphan Buri – Uthai Thani). Tentative schedules for in total of three field trips, one for mid-conference (January 11th, 2024) and two for post-conference (January 13th – 16th, 2024), are listed below. The fee for each route covers hotel, all meals and transportation during the excursion and the shuttle bus ride to Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK). Each excursions requires a minimum number of participants and may have a maximum limit of participants. All post-conference excursion registration and payment are due by October 8th, 2023, until 23:59 pm (GMT +7hr Bangkok), but registration may be closed earlier if the maximum number of participants is reached.
Journey to western Thailand
Mid-conference excursion
One Day Trip (January 11th, 2024) – Kanchanaburi historical and cultural tour
# Trip is reserved for all conference participants free of charge.
Post-conference excursion
Route A : January 13th – 16th, 2024 (Sai Yok – Si Sawat – Bo Phloi – Nong Preu – Dan Chang – Ban Rai – U-Thong)
Trip highlights:
- Visit and investigate the reworked Permian Monodiexodena fusulinid in the Triassic calcareous sandstone near the Muslim Mosque at Ban Mo Thao.
- Visit and investigate the Cambrian meta-sandstone at the Srinagarind Dam.
- Visit the 3.14 Ma sapphire-bearing basalt at Bo Phloi.
- Visit and investigate the Triassic radiolarian chert and Ordovician limestone at abandon rock quarry at Dan Chang. Detailed rock units, features contact relationship can be observed and discussed.
Route B : January 13th – 16th, 2024 (Sai Yok – Sai Yok Yai – Lin Thin – Thong Pha Phum – Si Sawat – Lat Ya)
Trip highlights:
- Investigate the Upper Paleozoic – Mesozoic carbonate rocks of western Thailand.
- The upper Cretaceous S-type biotite-muscovite tourmaline granites of Tenasserim range, near the Thai-Myanmar bounder.
- Investigate the Mesozoic continental red-bed of Kaeng Raboet Formation.
- Visit the Vajiralongkorn dam : investigate geology and fault of damsite area.
ROUTE A
Open: March 1st, 2023 Closes: October 8th, 2023 until 23:59 pm (GMT +7hr Bangkok) |
ROUTE B
Open: March 1st, 2023 Closes: October 8th, 2023 until 23:59 pm (GMT +7hr Bangkok) |
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Regular participants | 250 USD | 250 USD |
Graduate students | 220 USD | 220 USD |
Undergraduate students | 200 USD | 200 USD |
K-12 Teachers/ Informal educators | 150 USD | 150 USD |
**Excursion fees including: hotel, guide book, lunch, breaks and transportation
For post-conference excursion >> https://ka.mahidol.ac.th/muigc2024_regis/