Advances in South American Micropaleontology

Selected Papers of the 11th Argentine Paleontological Congress
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-030-02118-4
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 560 g

Reihe: Springer Earth System Sciences

This book offers many examples of calcareous microfossils and describes a new microfaunistic record in Argentina. These selected papers of the 11th Argentine Paleontological Congress include micropaleontological studies on material of different geological ages from several sites in Argentina and Colombia. The authors highlight several geological findings and explain the paleoenvironmental changes in Argentina and Colombia.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cusminsky, Gabriela Catalina

Concheyro, Graciela Andrea

Bernasconi, Emiliana

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Paläontologie, Taphonomie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Bodenkunde, Sedimentologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword.-Introduction.- Chapter 1 Biofaciological zonation of recent benthic foraminifera along a tropical Pacific Colombian shelf-to-slope bathymetric gradient.- Chapter 2 Modern benthic foraminifera of the Panamá Bight.- Chapter 3 Late Pleistocene paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic changes in southern Buenos Aires province, Argentina.- Chapter 4 Turonian Danian Zonation.- Chapter 5 Turonian Santonian Zonation.- Chapter 6 Calcareous microfossils of the MIS 1 in its innermost sector, Rio Salado Basin.- Chapter 7 Danian calcareous microfossils from Ombucta x-1 well, Colorado Basin, Argentina.- Chapter 8 Late Miocene foraminifera and ostracoda, from Cajon valley, Catamarca, Argentina.- Chapter 9 A new microfaunistic record from the Late Quaternary of Salinas del Bebedero, San Luis, Argentina.- Chapter 10 Late Cretaceous – Cenozoic Biostratigraphy and Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the Salado and Punta del Este Basins, Argentine continental margin.- Conclusion.- References.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Gabriela Cusminsky is known as a brilliant geologist and paleontologist. She is a regional and world authority in both marine and terrestrial forams and ostracods. Cusminsky finished her postdoc studies at the University of Wales at Aberysthwyth.