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The Department of Oceanography and the Center for Oceanographic Research in the eastern South Pacific of the University of Concepcion are pleased to announce the Austral Summer Institute XI (ASI XI) to be held at the Main Campus of the University of Concepcion. ASI XI will be held in January 2011.

ASI XI will be devoted to topics on From Tsunamis to Water Pathogens: Understanding Ocean Hazards in the XXI Century and will consist of the following courses:

 

Understanding tsunamis and preparing to cope with

3-7 January, 2011

Bernardo Aliaga, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission UNESCO, France
Sergio Barrientos, Universidad de Chile, Chile
Marco Cisternas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
Marcelo Lagos, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
Irina Rafliana, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Indonesia 

Tectonics and recurrence of great subduction earthquakes

10-14 January, 2011

Brian Atwater, US Geological Survey, USA
Marco Cisternas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile
Andrés Tassara, Universidad de Concepción, Chile
Gabriel Vargas, Universidad de Chile, Chile 

Marine Hazards to Human Health: Natural and Anthropogenic

17-21 January, 2011

Larry E. Brand, University of Miami, USA

The ocean carbon cycle: From ocean acidification to oil spills

24-28 January, 2011

Mike DeGrandpre, The University of Montana, USA

 

 

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