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This chapter stresses the importance of the Argentine Margin as a potential source for paleoceanographic and paleoclimatic reconstructions in the Southern Ocean, and sets the basis of the knowledge needed for future research in the region.

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

    Roberto A. Violante

  2. National Council of Scientific and Technical Research, Institute of Andean Studies Don Pablo Groeber, Department of Geology, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Violante, R.A., Laprida, C., García Chapori, N.L. (2017). Conclusions. In: The Argentina Continental Margin. SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04196-4_8

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