Buch, Englisch, 442 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 940 g
200 Years of Accomplishments
Buch, Englisch, 442 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 940 g
Reihe: The Latin American Studies Book Series
ISBN: 978-3-031-83138-6
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland
The science of geology is intertwined with the growth of the field in Argentina. This book explores those dual historical developments and, as an expanded translation of , shares them with a global audience. Drawing on the author's extensive work throughout the country as well as documents and photographs from the archives of the National Geological Survey, General Archive of the Nation, and the universities of Buenos Aires, Córdoba, and La Plata, this book offers a once-in-a-century look at developments in the field of geology from a country-specific perspective.
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Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The first observations.- Chapter 3. The traveling naturalists.- Chapter 4. Geology after Caseros.- Chapter 5. Teaching geology in Buenos Aires.- Chapter 6. The National Academy of Córdoba.- Chapter 7. The Museum of Natural Sciences of La Plata.- Chapter 8. The geological explorations of the late 19th century.- Chapter 9. The beginnings of the Direction of Mines and Geology.- Chapter 10. End of German hegemony in the Directorate of Mines and Geology.- Chapter 11. The foundation of Fiscal Oil Fields…Etc.
