Winter Field session in Panama

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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 http//www.gpi.uni-kiel.de/palaeontologie

• 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