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OverviewWritten by highly-qualified Argentine scientists and scholars, this book focuses on the uninterrupted geological and palaeontological record of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego since the Miocene-Pliocene boundary to the arrival of Man and Modern Times. This region is an outstanding area for research, with significant interest at the international level. It provides an updated overview of the scientific work in all related fields with a strong palaeoclimatic approach. Patagonia has also been a sort of a palaeoclimatic bridge between the Antarctic Peninsula and the more northerly landmasses, since the final opening of the Drake Passage in the Middle Miocene.Timely and comprehensive, The Late Cenozoic of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego is the only monographic book written in English. It is a one-stop resource for paleontological information of the Late Cenozoic of Patagonia. It covers 5 million years in the uninterrupted history of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego. Full Product DetailsAuthor: J RabassaPublisher: Elsevier Science & Technology Imprint: Elsevier Science & Technology ISBN: 9786611371074ISBN 10: 6611371079 Pages: 524 Publication Date: 01 January 2008 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Electronic book text Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |