From left to right: Mari Dalton, Taryn Lopez, Kelly Durst, Elisabet Head, and Alexandra Matiella Novak (all MTU graduate students) on top of Guagua Pinchincha Volcano, Ecuador. The capitol of Quito is in the background.

Field trip to a lahar flow (mudflow made up of volcanic material, such as ash, pumice, and lava rock). The lahar flow was large enough to carry the large pieces of volcanic debris in the upper left portion of the picture. This flow originated from Cotopaxi Volcano and was deposited in the 1980’s.

From left to right: Kelly Durst, Elisabet Head, Alexandra Matiella Novak, and Mari Dalton near Cotopaxi Volacano

Cotopaxi Volcano

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