California Institute of Technology

Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences

Student Enrichment Trip
Southern Peru: Sept, 2010

Sponsored by Shirley Kliegel

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Itinerary       Roster       Items To Bring       City-Maps (pdf)

Schedule of Presentations
July 13 Laurence Audin
Tectonics and Geology of Peru
PDF 9Mb
July 20
11:00am
Belle Philibosian
Large Earthquakes in Peru and relation to plate coupling
PDF 1.2Mb
Rob Clayton
Seismic Experiments in Peru
PDF 10Mb
July 27
11:00am
Ajay Limaye
Tectonics of South America from Gondwanaland to present
PDF 10Mb
Melanie Channon
Mining and natural resources in Peru, e.g. Cerros Verde Mine
PDF 8Mb
Aug 3
11:00am
June Wicks
Volcanoes - historical eruptions, ashes.
PDF 3.1 Mb
Mark Simons
GPS in Peru and Chile
PDF 3.1 Mb
Aug 12
noon
Alejandro Soto
Climate, Holocene, recent, el Nino, coupling to tectonics
PDF 5 Mb Movie
Sarvesh Garimella
Histories of the cities of Lima, Arequipa, Juliaca, Cusco, Machu Picchu
PDF 14Mb
Aug 19
11:00
Hanna Liu
Pre-Inca History, e.g. Aymara, Nasca
PDF 1Mb
Michelle Selvans
Spanish Imprint
PDF 10Mb
Aug 26
noon
Thomas Ader
Inca Empire
PDF 7Mb
Kathleen Spencer
Atacama desert, why is it there?, Barchan Dunes
PDF 0.5 Mb
Sep 2 11:30am Andrew Matzen
Evidence for environmental change in Peru, e.g. glaciers, deforestation,
PDF 0.9 Mb
Marion Thomas
Peru's contributions to modern culture, literature, arts entertainment, sports, culinary, etc.
PDF 5.0 Mb
Sep 9
Thurs. 11:00am
Le Kuai
Post-Spanish, modern history (domestic and international)
 
Sep 14 Kenzie Day
Basic Geology of S. Peru
PDF 0.5 Mb