Darwin, planet Earth, the other lands and science teachers
Celebrations offer occasions for inspiring didactics. 2009 has seen the ones for Darwin and Galileo, and 2008 was declared the International Year of Planet Earth.
Francisco Anguita Virella
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The Lomagundi-Jatuli carbon isotopic event recorded in the marble of the Tandilia System basement, Río de la Plata Craton, Argentina [PDF]
The “Lomagundi-Jatuli event” corresponds to the most important δ13C positive anomaly (≥5‰) globally reported in Palaeoproterozoic marine carbonates (between ∼2.30 and 2.06 Ga).
Ballivian Justiniano, Carlos Alberto +6 more
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Influence of pre-Andean history over Andean foreland deformation: structural styles in the Malargüe fold-and-thrust belt at 35ºS, Andes of Argentina [PDF]
We present the first complete balanced cross-section of the Argentinean Andes at 35ºS. Based on an extensive field survey and limited sub-surface information, we constructed a structural model in which both the tectonic inversion of Mesozoic normal ...
Giambiagi, Laura Beatriz +4 more
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Biostratigraphic reassignment of the neogene Caenolestines (Marsupialia) of the pampean region: the case of Pliolestes Tripotamicus Reig, 1955 [PDF]
La reinterpretación estratigráfica de un sitio paleontológico controvertido, como las barrancas del río Quequén Salado, permitió ajustar el biocrón del marsupial cenolestino Pliolestes tripotamicus Reig.
Beilinson, Elisa +4 more
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Forecasting volcanic ash dispersal and coeval resuspension during the April-May 2015 Calbuco eruption [PDF]
Atmospheric dispersion of volcanic ash from explosive eruptions or from subsequent fallout deposit resuspension causes a range of impacts and disruptions on human activities and ecosystems.
Baez, Walter Ariel +9 more
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Nonreactive solute transport in soil columns: classical and fractional-calculus modeling [PDF]
Vertical nonreactive solute transport data collected in three laboratory soil columns (made out of sediment samples from the Pampean aquifer located southeast of the Buenos Aires province) are contrasted with the explicit solutions of two model 1D linear
Benavente, Micaela Andrea +4 more
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Primer registro de Scelidotheriinae Ameghino (Xenartha, Mylodontidae) del Piso/Edad Chasiquense (Mioceno tardío) de la Argentina [PDF]
The subfamily Scelidotheriinae constitutes a group of mylodontids widely represented in the Quaternary of South America; however, the fossil record of the Neogene taxa is still scarce. In the present paper, a new specimen of this subfamily, corresponding
Contreras, Victor Hugo +2 more
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Morphological variation in atlas and axis of Neotropical spiny rats (Rodentia, Echimyidae)
Abstract The unique morphologies of the first two cervical vertebrae, the atlas and axis, represent a significant innovation in mammalian evolution. These structures support the weight of the head and enable intricate movements of the head and neck.
Thomas Furtado da Silva Netto +3 more
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El estudio de los flujos aluvionales ocurridos en la quebrada Jicamarca se realizó con la finalidad de diseñar e implementar un Sistema de Alerta Temprana (SAT) basado en el cartografiado geológico y geodinámico de los depósitos y materiales encontrados ...
Cristhian Chiroque, Héctor Lavado
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Escribiendo el “tiempo profundo”: Ficciones fundacionales y el Antropoceno
Desde el descubrimiento del tiempo ‘profundo’, geológico, la imaginación literaria moderna en el siglo XIX se ha apropiado del pasado lejano de la historia de la tierra para articularlo con la historia moderna.
Jörg Dünne
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