Quaternary of South America and Antarctic Peninsula / Edition 1

by Jorge Rabassa

Overview

This volume is a compilation of papers that deal with palaeoecological aspects of Argentina and Uruguay, and that derive from the special session on the Quaternary of South America at the XIIth INQUA International Congress held in Ottawa in 1987.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789061917335
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/01/1988
Pages:	318
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

1. Obituary 2. Magnetostratigraphy and magnetic susceptibility data of the late Cenozoic Ensenadense and Bonaerense sediments of Buenos Aires and La Plata, Argentina 3. Zooarchaeology and palaeoenvironments: Some examples from the Patagonian and Pampean regions (Argentina) 4. Holocene 14C reservoir effect at Beagle Channel (Tierra del Fuego, Argentina Republic) 5. Records of Pogonias cromis (Percif ormes, Sciaenidae) in Las Escobas Fm (Holocene) in Uruguay and Argentina Zoogeographical and environmental considerations 6. Oxygen-18 temperatures on present and fossil invertebrated shells from Túnel Site, Beagle Channel, Argentina 7. Fire history of Fuego-Patagonia 8. Sedimentology of Holocene littoral ridges of Bahia Samborombón (Buenos Aires Province, Argentina) 9. Human littoral adaptation in the Beagle Channel region: The maximum possible age 10. Maximal extent of late Wisconsin glaciation in the Ecuadorian Andes 11. Annual paleomagnetic record from late glacial varves in Lago 12. Quaternary vegetation of southern South America 13. Environmental history of the Amazon Basin 14. Marine terraces in Chile (22°-32°S) - Geomorphology, chronostratigraphy and neotectonics: Preliminary results II 15. Characteristics of a Pleistocene nearshore deposit: An example from southern Sao Paulo State coastal plain 16. The Holocene of Argentina: A review 17. Shoreline changes in French Guiana 18. Geological mapping of the north coastal plain of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil

Editorial Reviews

Contains papers reporting on paleo-archaeological research in the region. Topics include radiocarbon chronology of Paso Otero 1 in the Pampean region of Argentina, determination of water paleotemperature in the Beagle Channel during the last 6,000 years through stable isotope composition of shells, chronostratigraphic and Palynozone chronosequence charts of Buenos Aires Province, and magnetic measurements used for paleoenvironmental reconstruction in Pampean loess and soils. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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