Name Alvaro Crosta | ||
Cratera de impacto de Vista Alegre, em Coronel Vivida - Paraná - Brasil.
Álvaro Penteado Crósta is a Brazilian geologist, specialized in remote sensing and mineral exploration. He is an authority on the meteor craters of Brazil and known for the Crosta method/technique.
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Crósta got a Bachelor's degree in geology from the University of São Paulo in 1977, a Master's degree from Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE) in 1982, and a Ph.D. degree from the Imperial College of University of London in 1990. In 1995—1996 he was a visiting scholar at the Desert Research Institute of the University of Nevada at Reno.
As of 2008, he is a Full Professor at the Geosciences Institute of the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP). He was the Institute's Director from 2005 to 2010 and is currently UNICAMP´s Vice-Rector (2013 to 2017).