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Principles of Paleoceanographic Reconstruction

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This chapter introduces the principles of paleoceanographic reconstructions and proxy data, focusing on the concepts of climatic, biological, geological, geochemical as well as other large-scale proxies, tracers and records useful for such reconstructions in the western South Atlantic. Different proxies particularly useful for the Argentine margin, including physical and chemical properties of sediments, microfossils and geochemical and isotopic properties, are described.

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  1. Instituto de Estudos Andinos “Don Pablo Groeber”, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Cecilia Laprida & Natalia L. García Chapori

  2. Division of Marine Geology and Geophysics, Department of Oceanography, Argentina Hydrographic Survey, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Roberto A. Violante

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Laprida, C., García Chapori, N.L., Violante, R.A. (2017). Principles of Paleoceanographic Reconstruction. In: The Argentina Continental Margin. SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04196-4_6

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