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dc.creatorMarcos, Maria Alejandra
dc.creatorMancini, Maria Virginia
dc.creatorFavier Dubois, Cristian Mario
dc.date2012-11
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/67075
dc.identifierMarcos, Maria Alejandra; Mancini, Maria Virginia; Favier Dubois, Cristian Mario; Middle- to late-Holocene environmental changes in Bajo de la Quinta, NE Patagonia, inferred by palynological records and their relation to human occupation; Sage Publications Ltd; Holocene (Seven Oaks); 22; 11; 11-2012; 1271-1281
dc.identifier0959-6836
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dc.descriptionThe north Patagonian region between 38° and 42°S extends along the proximity of two major atmospheric circulation features in South America: the northern border of the southern westerly circulation belt, and the northeast trade wind circulation associated with the subtropical South Atlantic Anticyclone. The influence of this westerly wind system determines the annual and seasonal precipitation regimen in north Patagonia, while the influence of the South Atlantic Anticyclone is more pronounced towards the east. The changing strength of either of these circulation systems has had a strong influence on Holocene environmental change in the region. Palaeoenvironmental changes are inferred from a 500 cm long core from Bajo de la Quinta, (40°55'42"S, 64°20'19"W) by means of pollen, sediment and geomorphological analyses. A dry phase with westerly winds during the middle Holocene, at around 7000-6600 cal. yr BP, is indicated by xerophytic/psammophytic vegetation and Patagonian steppe components. Between 6600 and 5200 cal. yr BP the pollen record reflects shrub steppe vegetation and low values of long distance transported pollen indicates little influence of the westerly winds. Between 5200 and 2900 cal. yr BP very arid conditions are indicated by high pollen values of Ephedra sp. and Nassauvia sp. and westerlies influenced by long distance pollen types such as Nothofagus sp. In the late Holocene (2900 cal. yr BP) the pollen record shows an increase in typical shrub taxa of the Monte and Espinal vegetation and low influence of long distance taxa. This may suggest a change to semi-arid conditions that persisted until the present, where the shrub steppe is the dominant vegetation. The environmental and geomorphological changes that occurred during the middle and late Holocene had influenced the space and resources used by hunter-gatherers of the area.
dc.descriptionFil: Marcos, Maria Alejandra. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
dc.descriptionFil: Mancini, Maria Virginia. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
dc.descriptionFil: Favier Dubois, Cristian Mario. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
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dc.languageeng
dc.publisherSage Publications Ltd
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1177/0959683612437862
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0959683612437862
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dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/
dc.subjectArgentina
dc.subjectHuman Occupations
dc.subjectMiddle-Late Holocene
dc.subjectNortheast Patagonia
dc.subjectPalaeoenvironmental Reconstruction
dc.subjectPollen Analysis
dc.subjecthttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5
dc.subjecthttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.titleMiddle- to late-Holocene environmental changes in Bajo de la Quinta, NE Patagonia, inferred by palynological records and their relation to human occupation
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