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AAPG International Conference
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Dates:
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Wednesday-Saturday,
October 20-23 begins with a reception at 3:00 p.m. at Hacienda Real Hotel in Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche, and ends at 1:00 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Villahermosa, Tabasco |
The Grijalva Wave-Dominated System (left) and the recent carbonate Barrier Island System of Del Carmen Island (right).Photo courtesy of AMGPEnlarge image. |
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Leaders:
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Miguel Varela-Santamaría, Fernando González-Posadas and Juan Ignacio Juárez-Placencia | |
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Fee:
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US$
1,250 includes ground transportation, three nights lodging based on single occupancy, three breakfasts, three lunches, refreshments, welcome dinner, field trip guidebook, and two guide visits to Comalcalco and La Venta Museum; air transportation is not included from Villahermosa upon conclusion of the trip |
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Limit:
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25 persons | |
Contact InformationIf you have questions regarding this field trip, please contact:
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This trip will be beneficial to geologists, geophysicists, engineers, and anyone interested in enhancing their understanding of modern siliciclastic and carbonate depositional environments as analogs in subsurface studies.
Del Carmen Island is an excellent recent carbonate Barrier Island System where we will be able to observe wonderful outcrops on beach rocks, storm deposits, tidal inlets, and deltas.
From Ciudad del Carmen, we will move to the Grijalva Delta, one of the most outstanding siliciclastic wave deltas in the world. We will be able to walk the progradational ridges of the Grijalva Delta and other fluvial deposits like anastomosing, meandric, and straight channel facies.
The area of this field trip was once inhabited by the Mayan and Olmeca cultures, and there is a close relationship between the development of these cultures and the depositional environments of the area. We will have the opportunity to look at these relationships and visit the Comalcalco ruins as well as the La Venta Museum in Villahermosa, where we will enjoy a light and sound show.
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