Climatic and Environmental History of Isla de los Estados, Argentina

• Main Authors: Ponce, Juan Federico (Author), Fernández, Marilén (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences, South America and the Southern Hemisphere,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Climatology.; Paleontology.; Sedimentology.; Geomorphology.; Earth Sciences.

This book is the result of ten years’ of scientific research carried out by the authors on Isla de los Estados. The research includes their doctoral thesis and many published scientific papers related to the island. The book is divided into two principal parts. The first part covers different social...

Table of Contents:

• History, Previous Works and Physiography
• Climate
• Vegetation
• Geology
• Glacial Geomorphology
• Paleogeography
• Palinology
• Diatom analysis
• Reconstruction of paleoenvironmental conditions during Late Glacial and Holocene times in Isla de los Estados and their correlation with the Beagle Channel and Southern Patagonia
• Archaeology.