The Argentina Continental Margin A Potential Paleoclimatic-Paleoceanographic Archive for the Southern Ocean
The evolution of the Argentina Continental Margin during the Quaternary and the stratigraphic and morphosedimentary configuration responded to climatic variability, oceanographic changes, glacioeustatic fluctuations and tectono-isostatic processes, which began to impact on the margin during previous...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2017, 2017
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2017 |
| Series: | SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- The Argentina Continental Margin (ACM)
- Location in the context of the Southern Hemisphere, the southern tip of South America and Antarctica
- The ACM as an archive for paleoclimatic and paleoceanographic changes
- Local and regional processes: climate, oceanography, sea-level fluctuations, isostasy, tectonism, sediment supply, sedimentary processes
- Oceanographic Context: interaction between Antarctic and Equator water-masses
- Environments: continental shelf, slope, rise, ocean basin
- Sedimentary processes in each of them: along-shore and across-shore processes
- Effects of the sea-level fluctuations on the shelf
- Effects of the water-masses circulation on the slope and rise
- Turbiditic and contouritic processes
- Morphosedimentary features in each environment
- The significance of the ACM as a potential archive for understanding local and regional processes