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SPODDS Field Photo Gallery

Patagonia Field Photos

Cerro Toro channel margin at Lago Sofia

Flutes in the Cerro Toro Formation

2009 SPODDS Affiliates Field meeting in Patagonia. Near Lago Nordensjkold.

Patagonian Guanaco

Patagonian Guanaco with the Torres del Paine National Park in the background

2010 SPODDS Affiliates Field Meeting, group approaching the Wildcat conglomerate on Sierra del Toro

View from Sierra Contreras

Slope deposits exposed on Sierra Contreras see Armitage 2009 for more information

Patagonian sunset with the Torres del Paine National Park in the background and a Puesto (a Patagonian sheepherders hut) in the foreground.

Julie Fosdick measuring volcanic stratigraphy in the Upper Jurassic Tobifera Formation

2010 SPODDS Affiliates Field Meeting. Group approaching a spectacular view of the Wildcat Channel margin

Julie Fosdick giving a basin overview during the 2010 SPODDS Affiliates Field Meeting

Patagonian Condor

Torres del Paine National Park, view from the south.

Thomas and Conrad from RAG take a break

Patagonia, Chile

Synopsis

SPODDS has conducted research in the Magallanes basin since 1999. Eight PhD theses have involved research in the basin and two additional PhD projects are in progress. Special SPODDS field trip for affiliates to the Magallanes Basin were offered in 2001, 2004, 2006 and 2009.

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