简介:The“9thInternationalSymposiumontheOrdovicianSystem,7thInternationalGraptoliteConference&FieldMeetingoftheInternationalSubcommissiononSilurianStratigraphy”commencedonAugust12,2003,byreceivinginSanJuanCitytoallparticipantsofthepre-symposiafieldtripthroughthePrecordilleraofMendozaandSanJuanprovinces,westernArgentina.OnAugust13,thefieldtripbeganwiththepurposetoshowsignificantLowerPaleozoicoutcropsfromdiversesettingsofthePrecordillerageologicalprovince.ThisfivedaysexcursionwasledbyDrs.S.H.Peralta.