Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology of South America - Rilegato

Clapperton, C.M.

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ISBN 10: 0444882472 ISBN 13: 9780444882479

Casa editrice: Elsevier Science, 1993

Riassunto

This monograph reviews the nature of Quaternary environmental changes over the largest continent in the Southern Hemisphere. Moreover, since South America makes a transect across most climatic belts of an entire hemisphere, it provides a unique opportunity to examine the impact of changing Quaternary climates on a variety of environments. It also forms the basis for judging the synchrony or non-synchrony of Quaternary climatic changes between hemispheres and this has important implications for climatic modelling.

As South America has a dynamic tectonic regime along its western margin, 3 chapters discuss the geomorphological impact of Quaternary tectonics and volcanism. The following 6 chapters integrate evidence for Quaternary changes in the great alluvial basins of the Continent Orinoco, Amazon, Paranį) and in the contiguous highland massifs (Guyana, Brazil, Patagonia). As parts of the Andes have been high enough to support glaciers since the late Miocene, 5 chapters review the nature and consequences of Quaternary glacier fluctuations. The following 4 chapters select major process-form systems that impacted the continent during the Quaternary, including geocryogenic activity, palaeolake development, palaeo-gravel formations and coastal changes. Three chapters provide the first major review of Quaternary vegetation changes in South America (primarily the Andes) deduced from palaeoecological data. The final chapter weaves most of the environmental threads together in an overall synthesis of the Quaternary of South America.

The book is lavishly illustrated with photographs and line diagrams. As it provides a compendium of data and analyses about Quaternary changes for a whole continent, this book should appeal to a wide range of environmental disciplines.

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Contenuti:

1. The Physical Geography of South America. 2. Quaternary Tectonics of South America. 3. Quaternary Volcanism in South America. 4. Characteristics of the Quaternary Volcanic Zones. 5. Quaternary of the Alluvial Basins. Part I: Structure and Quaternary Stratigraphy. 6. Quaternary of the Alluvial Basins. Part II: Fluvial Landforms and Sediments. 7. Quaternary of the Alluvial Basins. Part III: Aeolian Features: Palaeoclimate. 8. Quaternary of the South American Highlands. Part I: Highlands of the Brazilian Shield. 9. Quaternary of the South American Highlands. Part II: Case Studies in Southeast Brazil: Campos do Jordćo and Serra da Itatiaia. 10. Quaternary of the South American Highlands. Part III: The Northern and Southern Highlands. 11. The Glaciers and Glacial Landforms of South America. 12. Late Cenozoic Glacial History of the Andes. Part I: Late Miocene-Middle Pleistocene. 13. Late Cenozoic Glacial History of the Andes. Part II: The Late Quaternary (Isotope Stages 7-3). 14. Late Cenozoic Glacial History of the Andes. Part III: The Last Glaciation Maximum (Isotope Stage 2). 15. Late Cenozoic Glacial History of the Andes. Part IV: The Late-Glacial and Holocene. 16. Quaternary Gravel Formations of Southern South America. 17. Quaternary Palaeolakes of the Arid Regions of South America. 18. Quaternary Geocryogenic Features of South America and the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas). 19. Quaternary of the South American Coasts. 20. Quaternary Palynological Studies in South America. Part I: Pre-Quaternary-Late Quaternary. 21. Quaternary Palynological Studies in South America. Part II: The Last Glaciation. 22. Palaeoecology of the Late-Glacial and Holocene Intervals. 23. The Quaternary of South America: Overview and Implications. References. Subject Index.

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• Editore: Elsevier Science
• Data di pubblicazione: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0444882472
• ISBN 13: 9780444882479
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 796