Late Cenozoic of Península Valdés, Patagonia, Argentina An Interdisciplinary Approach /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bouza, Pablo (Editor), Bilmes, Andrés (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Springer Earth System Sciences,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geology.; Physical geography.; Biodiversity.; Earth Sciences.; Earth System Sciences.; Physical Geography.

This book presents extensive and new information on the Cenozoic marine and continental systems of one of the most important world heritage sites of Southern South America: The Península Valdés. From an interdisciplinary approach, that includes geological, biological and archeological perspectives o...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Geotectonic setting and geological controls over the Cenozoic record
• 2. Geology and Stratigraphy
• 3. Present climate within a regional framework
• 4. Late Cenozoic landforms and landscape evolution
• 5. Soil landscapes: pedogenic processes and soil-geomorphic relationships
• 6. Vegetation: hotspots for conservation
• 7. Diversity and ecological interactions
• 8. Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the Miocene transgressions: sedimentary andpaleontological approaches
• 9. Coastal Quaternary morphodynamics
• 10. Groundwater resources
• 11. Archaeology
• 12. The Antropocene: soil degradation processes an spatially explicit assessment.