Adkin album 05

"Illustrating geological observations, Vol 5". Black & white images of geological aspects in NZ. Includes aspects of the traverse from the Rimutaka trig to the East portal of the Rimutaka Tunnel via Knobby Spur; Rimutaka Tunnel construction (23 Feb 1952); investigation of the cause of flooding of Ohau River at Levin (4 July 1952); Otaki Railway Bridge; Mangaroa Basin; geomorphic features of the east coast of Wellington Harbour; Gibb's Fault, Paraparaumu; Kapiti area, including Otaihanga outlier; geological data from the Hobson St gully, Thorndon, Wellington (May 1953); NZ Geological Survey Staff Conference (Nelson, 17-24 June 1953); Lyall Bay from Moa Point prior to construction of the breakwater for airport construction (July 1953); Wellington fault angles; geological tour of central Waikato District with W. Neill, including Pohora Cliffs, Mt Karangahake; Wellington City water-supply intake at Pakuratahi, Hutt Forks March 1954); piercing of the main Rimutaka Tunnel & first train through (23.4.1954); NZ Geological Survey Staff Conference, Auckland (17-24 May 1954) with group photo, all named; geological excursion to Hutt Valley & Porirua Harbour (Sept 1954); excursion to Opouawe River & White Rock, East Wairarapa, with group photo of Royal Society Geological Section members on the tour (all named); Marlborough Sounds, petrological investigation by Prof Charles Vitaliano, J J Reed, and G L Adkin; Charles Vitaliano's wife and children at Blenheim, 1955; Tongue Point via south coast of Wellington from Owhiro Bay; features of the Owhariu Fault & Colonial Knob; eastern shore of Wellington Harbour & Pencarrow Lagoons; discovery and description of features of the Seatoun Fault (Sept-Oct 1955); tour of North Island including Tokaanu, Hamilton, Raglan, Thames, New Plymouth (Dec 1955-Jan 1956); geomorphology of south Makara to the Lower Karori Stream Gorge; evidence of tectonic coastal uplift at Wellington; Tour fromWellington, New Plymouth, Hamilton,Taupo, Hunterville (Fev 1957); Waikanae River & Reikorangi Basin (March 1957)