Augusto Gansser-Biaggi [SEP] occupation
Augusto Gansser-Biaggi
Augusto Gansser-Biaggi (28 October 1910 – 9 January 2012) was a Swiss geologist who specialised in the geology of the Himalayas. He was born in Milan.
Career.
His geological researches were global in scope:
- East Greenland (1934), a 4-month expedition under Lauge Koch.
- Himalaya (1936), an 8-month expedition under Arnold Heim.
- Colombia (1937–1945, for Shell)
- Trinidad (1947–1950, for Shell)
- Iran (
to climb Ruiz. In 1936, W. Cunet and Augusto Gansser-Biaggi made the first successful ascent, partly by ski; they repeated the ascent in 1939.
Eruptive history.
The first eruptions of Nevado del Ruiz occurred about 1.8 million years ago at the beginning of the Pleistocene epoch. Three primary eruption periods in the history of the massif have been identified: "ancestral", "older" and "present". During the "ancestral" period between one million to two million years ago, a complex