sap: ecuador trip proposal. outline geology of ecuador other interesting features cost and logistics
Post on 20-Dec-2015
218 views
TRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: SAP: Ecuador Trip Proposal. Outline Geology of Ecuador Other interesting features Cost and logistics](https://reader030.vdocuments.mx/reader030/viewer/2022032800/56649d425503460f94a1e0a1/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
SAP: Ecuador Trip Proposal
![Page 2: SAP: Ecuador Trip Proposal. Outline Geology of Ecuador Other interesting features Cost and logistics](https://reader030.vdocuments.mx/reader030/viewer/2022032800/56649d425503460f94a1e0a1/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Outline
• Geology of Ecuador
• Other interesting features
• Cost and logistics
![Page 3: SAP: Ecuador Trip Proposal. Outline Geology of Ecuador Other interesting features Cost and logistics](https://reader030.vdocuments.mx/reader030/viewer/2022032800/56649d425503460f94a1e0a1/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Ecuador: A classic example of subduction
• Subduction of Nazca plate under South American plate
• Accretion of terranes• Volcanism• Metamorphism• Pre-cambrian
orogens• Mineral deposits
![Page 4: SAP: Ecuador Trip Proposal. Outline Geology of Ecuador Other interesting features Cost and logistics](https://reader030.vdocuments.mx/reader030/viewer/2022032800/56649d425503460f94a1e0a1/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Geology: Metamorphism
Guamote formation: folded, banded black slates and
quartzites
Progressive metamorphism in El Oro
Slump folds in turbidites
Schists with incipient migmatic veins
High-grade schists
![Page 5: SAP: Ecuador Trip Proposal. Outline Geology of Ecuador Other interesting features Cost and logistics](https://reader030.vdocuments.mx/reader030/viewer/2022032800/56649d425503460f94a1e0a1/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
More metamorphism
Condue granite cut by felsite sheets with chilled margins
Cerro Hermoso: folded carbonate series
![Page 6: SAP: Ecuador Trip Proposal. Outline Geology of Ecuador Other interesting features Cost and logistics](https://reader030.vdocuments.mx/reader030/viewer/2022032800/56649d425503460f94a1e0a1/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Rift Valleys
Quilotoa
Intag
![Page 7: SAP: Ecuador Trip Proposal. Outline Geology of Ecuador Other interesting features Cost and logistics](https://reader030.vdocuments.mx/reader030/viewer/2022032800/56649d425503460f94a1e0a1/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Volcanoes
• 12 volcanic peaks >5000 m
• Stratovolcanoes• Compound volcanoes• Calderas• “Inverted soup bowl”
and shield• Some still active• Some accessible w/o
extensive climbing experience
![Page 8: SAP: Ecuador Trip Proposal. Outline Geology of Ecuador Other interesting features Cost and logistics](https://reader030.vdocuments.mx/reader030/viewer/2022032800/56649d425503460f94a1e0a1/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Chimborazo: furthest point from the earth’s center
![Page 9: SAP: Ecuador Trip Proposal. Outline Geology of Ecuador Other interesting features Cost and logistics](https://reader030.vdocuments.mx/reader030/viewer/2022032800/56649d425503460f94a1e0a1/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Cotopaxi: one of the highest active volcanoes in the world
![Page 10: SAP: Ecuador Trip Proposal. Outline Geology of Ecuador Other interesting features Cost and logistics](https://reader030.vdocuments.mx/reader030/viewer/2022032800/56649d425503460f94a1e0a1/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Volcán Fernandina: “Inverted Soup Bowl”
Unusual shield volcano morphology
May result from distribution of vents or pattern of magma intrusion
![Page 11: SAP: Ecuador Trip Proposal. Outline Geology of Ecuador Other interesting features Cost and logistics](https://reader030.vdocuments.mx/reader030/viewer/2022032800/56649d425503460f94a1e0a1/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
Hot springs and páramos
Glacier-formed valleys and plains
unique neotropical ecosystem
![Page 12: SAP: Ecuador Trip Proposal. Outline Geology of Ecuador Other interesting features Cost and logistics](https://reader030.vdocuments.mx/reader030/viewer/2022032800/56649d425503460f94a1e0a1/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
Diverse Ecosystems. . .
![Page 13: SAP: Ecuador Trip Proposal. Outline Geology of Ecuador Other interesting features Cost and logistics](https://reader030.vdocuments.mx/reader030/viewer/2022032800/56649d425503460f94a1e0a1/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
. . .and their inhabitants
![Page 14: SAP: Ecuador Trip Proposal. Outline Geology of Ecuador Other interesting features Cost and logistics](https://reader030.vdocuments.mx/reader030/viewer/2022032800/56649d425503460f94a1e0a1/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
Travel
• Round trip airfare = $600-$800/person
• Car rental: $50-$100 per day, depending on size
• Public bus = cheap• Hire bus or van with
driver -- find out• Small country -- less
time spent on the road
![Page 15: SAP: Ecuador Trip Proposal. Outline Geology of Ecuador Other interesting features Cost and logistics](https://reader030.vdocuments.mx/reader030/viewer/2022032800/56649d425503460f94a1e0a1/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
Food and lodging
• Accommodations cheap ($5-$15 per person per night)
• Food cheap ($1.50 - $5.00 per meal to eat out)
• Lots of great tropical fruits
• Some interesting local specialties
![Page 16: SAP: Ecuador Trip Proposal. Outline Geology of Ecuador Other interesting features Cost and logistics](https://reader030.vdocuments.mx/reader030/viewer/2022032800/56649d425503460f94a1e0a1/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
Health and Safety• Politically stable and
tranquil (for Latin America)
• No travel warnings or advisories
• Tourism infrastructure• Some vaccinations
recommended (yellow fever, Hep A, Hep B, typhoid)
• Medical care “adequate in larger cities” (US Dept. of State)
![Page 17: SAP: Ecuador Trip Proposal. Outline Geology of Ecuador Other interesting features Cost and logistics](https://reader030.vdocuments.mx/reader030/viewer/2022032800/56649d425503460f94a1e0a1/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
Local contacts
• Presence of mining = lots of geologists
• School for International Training
• INTAG newspaper• Local and national
environmental organizations
• Fluent in Spanish and familiar with the country