1st Edition

Quaternary of South America and Antarctica Peninsula 1998

Edited By Jorge Rabassa, Monica Salemme Copyright 1998

    This text deals with certain geological aspects of the extreme geographical locations of South America and the Antarctic Peninsula. Topics include: Brazil - geology and vertebrate paleontology; pleistocene wave-built terraces of Northern Rio de Janeiro state; and holocene coastal evolution.

    1 The presence of Neochoerus Hay, 1926 (Rodentia, Hydrochoeridae) in Pleistocenic sediments of Southwestern Buenos Aires Province, Argentina 2 Radiocarbon Chronology of Paso Otero 1 in the Pampean Region 15 of Argentina 3 The Late Quaternary of the Upper Juruá River, Southwestern Amazonia, Brazil: Geology and Vertebrate Palaeontology 4 Determination of water palaeotemperature in the Beagle Channel (Argentina) during the last 6000 yr through stable isotope composition of Mytilus edulis shells 5 Holocene palaeoenvironments of the northern coastal plain of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, reconstructed from palynology of Tramandai lagoon sediments 6 Evidence of a forest free landscape under dry and cold climatic 99 conditions during the last glacial maximum in the Botucatu region (Sao Paulo State), Southeastern Brazil 1 Chronostratigraphic and Palynozone chronosequence charts of Napostá Grande Creek, Southwestern Buenos Aires Province, Argentina 8 Palaeoenvironmental implications of a Holocene diatomite, Pampa Interserrana, Argentina 9 Southernmost South America climate and glaciers in the 16th century through the observations of Spanish navigators 10 Magnetic measurements used for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction in Pampean loess and soils 11 Magnetic properties and environmental conditions: Study of a palaeosol of the Chaco-Pampean plain (Argentina) 12 New evidence of the Brunhes/Matuyama polarity boundary in the Hemández-Gorina Quarries, north-west of the city of La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, Selected papers of COLACMAR 95: 13 Pleistocene wave-built terraces of Northern Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil 14 Holocene coastal evolution of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina 15 Holocene coastal evolution in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 16 Holocene coastal evolution in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

    Biography

    JORGE RABASSA, MONICA SALEMME Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego