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Glaciations in North and South America from the Miocene to the Last Glacial Maximum [electronic resource] : Comparisons, Linkages and Uncertainties / by Nat Rutter, Andrea Coronato, Karin Helmens, Jorge Rabassa, Marcelo Zárate.

By: Rutter, Nat [author.].
Contributor(s): Coronato, Andrea [author.] | Helmens, Karin [author.] | Rabassa, Jorge [author.] | Zárate, Marcelo [author.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences: Publisher: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012Description: XIII, 67 p. 18 illus., 13 illus. in color. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789400743991.Subject(s): Geography | Geology | Paleontology | Climatic changes | Earth Sciences | Geology | Paleontology | Climate ChangeDDC classification: 551 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Introduction and Previous Work -- The Glacial and Loess Record of Southern South America -- The Glacial Record of Northern South America -- The Glacial and Loess Record of North America -- Comparison of South and North American Glaciations -- Chinese Loess/Paleosol Record.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: Improved dating methods have increased our ability to more precisely determine the timing and durations of glaciations. Utilizing glacial and loess deposits, we have compared glaciations that occurred in North and South America in order to determine if events are synchronous or not, to explore forcing mechanisms, and to compare glaciations with cold periods of the Marine Oxygen Isotope stages and the loess/paleosol records of China. Stratigraphic sections containing a variety of glacial deposits, some with interbedded volcanics, as well as loess deposits, were used in reconstructing the glacial history. The Late Pleistocene (Brunhes Chron) Last Glacial Maximum is recognized in  mountain and continental areas of North America but only in the mountains of South America. Commonly our comparisons indicate roughly synchronous glaciations on the two continents, whereas other glaciations are more elusive and difficult to compare. Although our comparisons are at low resolutions, the results suggest that Milankovitch forcing is most likely the dominant trigger for hemispheric glaciation modified by local factors.
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Introduction and Previous Work -- The Glacial and Loess Record of Southern South America -- The Glacial Record of Northern South America -- The Glacial and Loess Record of North America -- Comparison of South and North American Glaciations -- Chinese Loess/Paleosol Record.

Improved dating methods have increased our ability to more precisely determine the timing and durations of glaciations. Utilizing glacial and loess deposits, we have compared glaciations that occurred in North and South America in order to determine if events are synchronous or not, to explore forcing mechanisms, and to compare glaciations with cold periods of the Marine Oxygen Isotope stages and the loess/paleosol records of China. Stratigraphic sections containing a variety of glacial deposits, some with interbedded volcanics, as well as loess deposits, were used in reconstructing the glacial history. The Late Pleistocene (Brunhes Chron) Last Glacial Maximum is recognized in  mountain and continental areas of North America but only in the mountains of South America. Commonly our comparisons indicate roughly synchronous glaciations on the two continents, whereas other glaciations are more elusive and difficult to compare. Although our comparisons are at low resolutions, the results suggest that Milankovitch forcing is most likely the dominant trigger for hemispheric glaciation modified by local factors.

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