María Cecilia Ruiz
Maria Cecilia Ruiz
Address
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
CTPA (Center of Tropical Paleoecology and Archeology)
Apartado 0843-03092
Balboa, Ancón
Panamá, República de Panamá
mariaceciliar@gmail.com
ruizmc2@si.edu
Education and Degrees
Engineer geologist (2001–2006).
Research Interests
I’m interested in understanding detailed description of joint systems to understand fracturing at the local level and its relation to regional features and with damaged zones.
Current Research
I’m currently involved with a project in Panama Canal, trying to understand the geological evolution of Panama. The project’s team is using paleontological (e.g. palynology, mammals, crabs, paleobotany), structural, petrographical and mapping techniques. In this project, my principal task is the reconstruction of stratigraphical columns and the structural control of the sedimentary sequences. I’m also working with GIS tools applied to this project.
Selected Bibliography
Ruiz, M., Montes, C., 2007. Cartografía detallada de diaclasas. Implicaciones de zonas de daño en fallas de cabalgamiento. XI Congreso Colombiano de Geología. In press.
Montes, C., Palencia, J. A., Ruiz, M.C., 2007. Dissection of the Tabaco Anticline: Detailed record using DGPS. The Geological Society of America. Denver Annual Meeting. Denver, Colorado. 39, No. 6. In press.
Ordóñez, O., Valencia, M., Cañola, E., Ruiz, M.C., Rendón, P., Ríos, C., 2005. Generalidades del Sistema de Fallas de Romeral en las cercanías a Medellín. X Congreso Colombiano de Geología.
Estrada, B., Lalinde, C., Ruiz, M.C, Cañola, E., Rendón, P., Ríos, C., 2005 Morfología tectónica y segmentación de Fallas al occidente de Medellín. X Congreso Colombiano de Geología. 2005.