Annual Report 2012 of the South and Central American Regional Committee on Paleogene Stratigraphy
Members of the Committee promoted several activities in different scientific meetings. Some of these are:
-Courses, Workshops and Symposiums:
- Taller de Palinología (Dinoflagelados). Morphology and Identification of Dinocysts. This course will be delivered by Dr. Vladimir Torres (Exxon-Mobil biostratigrapher). The course counted with the participation of students from several Latin American countries.
- Course on traditional and non-traditional stable isotopes applied to geosciences. This course was delivered by Dr. Juan Carlos Silva, Dr. Alcides N. Sial, Dr. Valderez P. Ferreira, and Dr. Jaime Escobar.
- Integrating the Paleogene palynological and paleobotanical record of Southern and Central America. IPC August 2012, Tokyo Japan.
- VIII South American Symposium on Isotope Geology (VIII. SSAGI), Medellin, 2012.
-Special Proposals: Exploring scientific prospectus of the International Continental Drilling Program in NW South America. This workshop, leaded by the general secretary of the ICDP, counted with the participation of scientist from different Iberoamerican institutions suchlike Universidad de Caldas, Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Universidad de Los Andes, Universidad EAFIT, Universidad de Salamanca, Universidad de São Paulo, University of Florida, and the Colombian Petroleum Institute.