1. Winter Field session in Panama
February 29 – March 13, 2008
Field work in two of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute stations (Galeta Marine lab & Barro Colorado humid tropical forest reserve).
Price: 1.400€ (includes airfare)
Contact: Dr Schäfer or Dr Fortunato
(I. für Geowissenschaften) room 407, 410
Caribbean Vs Pacific oceans - a world of coral reefs, mangrove forests, rocky and muddy shores shaped during the last 15 million years
Barro Colorado island – the first tropical field station
The Gatun Formation – one of the most famous fossil outcrops in the Neotropics
Panama City – the first European city in the Pacific shores
The history and importance of the Panama Canal