Andrés Ulloa

Andrés Ulloa
University of Costa Rica | UCR

Doctor of Philosophy

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Restos dentales de seláceos fueron recolectados en la caverna Gabinarraca, en Venado de San Carlos. Estos fósiles se encontraron en litofacies tipo grainstone, asociados a ambientes de estuario lagunar carbonatado característicos de la Formación Venado de edad Mioceno Superior-Plioceno. Entre los restos de tiburones recuperados destacan ejemplares...
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The karst of Venado in San Carlos is hosted in the Miocene limestones of the Venado formation, and comprises cave systems, dolines, sinkholes, karst springs and underground rivers. Limestones are partially covered by Quaternary volcanic rocks (e.g. lavas, lahars, tephras) and landslide deposits. The zone has an important structural domain, influenc...
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Resumen (póster 44) Las cuevas poseen un gran potencial para el desarrollo de investigaciones en diver-sas áreas (geología, biología, arqueología, hidrogeología y otras), así como para la conser-vación de flora y fauna particulares, del recurso hídrico, así como del patrimonio cultural, que hasta el momento ha sido muy poco aprovechado. La mayoría...
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En el Irazú se reportan los primeros mucolitos (snottites) en cuevas volcánicas, que son biofilms ácidos (pH < 2) que cuelgan de las paredes y del techo de las cuevas. Se utilizaron técnicas de 16S rRNA (con primers para procariotas), asimismo, se realizaron análisis bioinformáticos para investigar las comunidades microbianas de estos mucolitos de...
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En los últimos años, personal de la UCR con colaboración de espeleólogos y la administración de Cavernas de Venado, realizó la cartografía de aproximadamente 5 kilómetros de pasajes de cuevas. Esta cartografía ha permitido adquirir un entendimiento integral de las condiciones geológicas, estructurales, hidrogeológicas y espeleogenéticas del sistema...
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Caves have a great potential for the development of research in various areas (geology, biology, archeology, hydrogeology еtc.), as well as for the conservation of particular flora and fauna, water resources, and the cultural heritage. Although almost 400 caves have been recognized in Costa Rica, there is no scientific document that synthesizes and...
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The Talamanca Cordillera in the Central America Arc (Costa Rica‐Panama) preserves the record of the geochemical evolution from an intraoceanic arc to a juvenile continental arc in an active subduction zone, making it a testbed to explore processes that resulted in juvenile continental crust formation and explore potential mechanisms of early contin...
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The caves of the Irazú volcano (Costa Rica), became accessible after the partial collapse of the NW sector of the Irazú volcano in 1994, offering the opportunity to investigate active minerogenetic processes in volcanic cave environments. We performed a detailed mineralogical and geochemical study of speleothems in the caves Cueva los Minerales and...
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Nowadays the technological advances are revolutionizing the way and efficiency of work and its impact is being reflected in the geological sciences. The new microelectromechanical systems allow the incorporation of a wide variety of sensors in devices such as smartphones and tablets. These instruments are multifunctional and highly portable for dat...
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Durante la noche del 8 de diciembre de 1994, en un área inestable del flanco norte del volcán Irazú, ocurrió una avalancha de escombros volcánicos con lahares asociados, así como la caída de “ceniza” que alcanzó hasta unos 30 km al suroeste del volcán. En ese entonces, los procesos, fueron interpretados como el resultado de una explosión freática....
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Se describe por primera vez dos cuevas que se encuentran en el sector NW de la ladera externa del cráter principal del volcán Irazú, denominadas cuevas Los Mucolitos y Los Minerales, respectivamente. Se ubican en la corona del deslizamiento que se generó el 8 de diciembre de 1994. Ambas cuevas están formadas en rocas piroclásticas con intensa alter...
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During the night of December 8th, 1994, along an unstable area at the northern flank of Irazú volcano, Costa Rica, a small volcanic debris avalanche and subsequent debris flows took place, followed by an “ashfall” that reached 30 km southwest from the volcano. At that time, these processes were interpreted as the result of a phreatic explosion. How...
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Two caves located on the NW sector of the main crater of Irazú volcano are described for the fi rst time. The caves, called Mucolitos and Minerales, are located at the base of the landslide t on December 8th, 1994, and are found in pyroclastic rocks with intense hydrothermal alteration. We suggest that both caves are associated with spaces between...
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Although tourism is presently the main source of income of the Republic of Costa Rica, making an analysis of the offer and demand of the topic of "underground sites as tourist attractions", it is evident that in our country this activity is minimal, with percentage figures that are not even taken into account in the statistics. At government lev...
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In Costa Rica the karstic phenomenon affects mainly carbonate rocks, constituting 0.85% of the country’s surface, with an approximate area of 431 km². There are documented at least 9 episodes of carbonate deposition from the Late Cretaceous to Holocene, which include eleven stratigraphic units. These events are related to various geological-tectoni...
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En Costa Rica el fenomeno karstico afecta principalmente a rocas carbonatadas, constituyendo 0,85% del territorio nacional, con un area aproximada de 430 km2. Se han documentado al menos 9 episodios de depositacion de carbonatos, desde el Cretacico Superior al Holoceno, los cuales se incluyen en once unidades estratigraficas. Estos eventos estan re...
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The Guacimal Pluton is situated in the Cordillera de Tilarán in the northwestern Costa Rica. It forms an oval-shaped body strongly elongated in the NW–SE direction. Its dimensions are ~15 × 4–6 km with an exposed surface of 60–70 km 2 . The pluton intruded basic volcanic rocks of the Aguacate Group (Miocene–Pliocene) and is surrounded by a wide the...
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En la falda suroeste de la cordillera de Talamanca aflora un batolito del Mioceno Superior con composiciones de gabro-dioriticas a graníticas pertenecientes al Grupo Intrusivo Talamanca, el cual es uno de los pocos cuerpos intrusivos del mundo desarrollado en un arco de islas. En general los granitos y granodioritas corresponden a series calco alca...
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In the Corredores river a sequence of fine to coarse sandstones crops out. The beds are subvertical trending N-S. The rocks are greenish gray in color and contain 43 species of mollusks, crustaceans, fragments of echinoderms and trace fossils (Thalassinoides, Oichnus) of very good preservation. This sequence is correlated with the Curré Formation....
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En el río Corredores (579.711/289.086, hoja topográfica Canoas, escala 1:50 000 ) aflora una secuencia de areniscas finas a medias, bien estratificadas en estratos decimétricos, color gris verdoso, que contiene una gran cantidad de moluscos, crustáceos y echinodermos de muy buena preservación. Esta secuencia se correlaciona con la Formación Charco...

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