Aims: To isolate and characterize lignocellulase producing thermophilic bacteria from a Peruvian hot spring. Study Design: Combined sediment and water samples from the hot spring were subjected to direct plating, in situ ...

Ubinas (5675 m a.s.l.) is known as the most active volcano in southern Peru during historical times, with 23 minor eruptive or intense fumarolic crises since 1550. Due to its intense explosive recurrence and to the high ...

Peru is one of the countries in South America with greatest geothermal potential because it is located within the Pacific Ring of Fire, where the subduction process occurs between the Nazca and South American Plates. This ...

El presente trabajo de investigación tiene el propósito principal de promocionar nuevos atractivos turísticos (culturales y naturales) del distrito de Juan Espinoza Medrano, provincia de Antabamba, región Apurímac, donde ...

In this work we document a large Miocene resurgent caldera located south of the Ayacucho province (area between the cities of Coracora, Jaqui and Pauza), where geothermal-epithermal economic potentials might exist, and ...