Short Course on Geothermal Development in Central America - Surface Exploration and Geothermal Resources, held in Ahuachapan and Santa Tecla, El Salvador, 17 - 30 October, 2009.
The Short Course on Surface
Exploration for Geothermal Resources for young professionals in Central America and the Caribbean was opened on October 17th in El Salvador. The course was organized by UNU-GTP and
LaGeo. It was a two week course with one week of field work in the geothermal field Ahuachapan and a second week of lectures and exercises at the head quarters of LaGeo in Santa
Tecla.
The fieldwork began with geophysical fieldwork at Ahuachapan. The students came from El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, Dominica and Nevis. Session instructors were
professionals from LaGeo in El Salvador, Costa Rican ICE and ISOR from Iceland. For the lectures and exercises part which started on October 25th more instructors from Iceland joined the
group.
