We present a GeoExpedition at Torrecillas, an awesome place at Estero EL Manzano, Cajón del Maipo, next to Santiago, Chile. It is a classic multi-pitch sport climbing zone in a volcanic tuff, where we explain some geological feature during our expedition.
We present a GeoExpedition at Mirador de Cóndores, an awesome place at Río Colorado, Cajón del Maipo, next to Santiago, Chile. It is a 2-3 hrs walk in a volcanic and volcaniclastic sequence, where we explain some geological feature during our expedition.
On August 29, 2019, in the Reserva Elemental Likandes (Road to Lagunillas), the book “Geodiversity, Geological Heritage and Geosites of the Cajón del Maipo” was launched. This book is an update of geosites that contained the original work of the Geosites inventory of the memory of José Venado, entitled ‘Geological Read more…
The General Assembly is the biggest international conference on Earth sciences in Europe, organized by the European Geosciences Union. This congress takes place in Vienna Austria. This year it was held from April 7 to 12 and gathered 16273 people from 113 different countries. In the context of the scientific Read more…
We invite you to see this documentary when Cajón del Maipo is presented by the geologist Reynaldo Charrier, Tectonociencia, Canal 13c
We contribute in a new paper about Melimoyu Volcano, a spectacular volcano in Chilean Patagonia. Almost unknown, Melimoyu Volcano is a giant stratovolcano from almost the sea level up to 7900 ft (2408 m) a.s.l., with a volume of about ~142 km3! This giant volcano is constituted by basalt, andesite Read more…
We presentin the first paper resulting from our research project entitled ‘The role ofshallow magma reservoirs during formation of giant ore deposits’. The paper was published in the prestigiousjournal ‘Geology‘ with the title ‘Lateral magma propagation during theemplacement of La Gloria Pluton, central Chile’. Authors belongs to GeoExpedition (Chile), ETHZürich Read more…
GeoExpedition participated in the SOTA 7 ‘Stateof the Arc Meeting’ between September 1th and 8th in San Pedro deAtacama, Chile. This conference is supported financially by the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) trough the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior (IAVCEI). The main organizerwas Read more…
On 2018 we started a research project granted from CONICYT (the Chilean national science foundation): entitled ‘The role of shallow magma reservoirs during formation of giant ore deposits’. The aim of this research is to explore if shallow magma (melted rock) reservoirs emplacement can be laterally sourced from their deep big Read more…
Geopark Kutralkura had been proposed to UNESCO to be integrated into the UNESCO global geopark. What is a Geopark? ‘UNESCO Global Geoparks are single, unified geographical areas where sites and landscapes of international geological significance are managed with a holistic concept of protection, education and sustainable development. A UNESCO Global Read more…
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