Cretaceous climatic reconstruction from Argentina based on palynological data
; Vento, Barbara
; Narvaez, Paula Liliana
; Mego, Natalia
; Puebla, Gabriela Griselda 
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10/2018
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Instituto Geológico y Minero de España
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Boletín Geológico y Minero
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Las reconstrucciones paleoclimáticas se han llevado a cabo haciendo uso de diferentes proxies como indicadores climáticos. Teniendo en cuenta este contexto, los palinomorfos poseen un papel fundamental en el momento de realizar inferencias paleoclimáticas debido a su abundancia y distribución en diferentes unidades geológicas que abarcan prácticamente todo tipo de ambientes. Argentina tiene una gran amplitud latitudinal en Sudamérica, con diversas formaciones geológicas cretácicas que poseen registros palinológicos. Estos representan diferentes condiciones climáticas. El Cretácico fue un período en el que se han registrado variaciones climáticas. El objetivo principal de este trabajo es conocer las tendencias climáticas del Cretácico en Argentina, basándose en el análisis cuantitativo de miosporas consideradas indicadoras de ciertas condiciones climáticas, de diferentes unidades geológicas de Argentina. La evaluación de las palinofloras ha sido abordada desde la bibliografía previa publicada, así como en datos propios sin publicar. La tendencia paleoclimática durante el Cretácico muestra que el Cretácico Temprano estuvo marcado por episodios de aridez, con altos valores de Classopollis y Gnetales. Por otra parte, el Cretácico Tardío muestra condiciones de calor y mayor humedad indicadas por los valores altos de plantas de esporas libres (especialmente Briofitas y helechos) y granos de polen de palmeras, y la disminución hasta la ausencia de los indicadores de aridez.
Paleoclimatic reconstructions have used different proxies as climate indicators. In this context, palynomorphs play a crucial role for making inferences about past climate changes because of their presence and distribution during the geologic history in almost all types of environments. Argentina has a wide latitudinal range in South America, with diverse cretaceous units yielding palynomorphs that represent different climatic conditions. The Cretaceous was a time when climate conditions showed some special variations. Different theories about the climate conditions at this time were postulated. The main aim of this contribution is to understand climate trends during the Cretaceous, based on the quantitative analysis of selected pollen and spores, considered as climate indicators, from different geological units in Argentina. The evaluation of the palynofloras has been undertaken mainly by reviewing published sources from cretaceous basins but also with our own unpublished data. The climatic trend during the Cretaceous showed that the Early Cretaceous is marked by aridity episodes with high values of Classopollis and Gnetales. In contrast, the Late Cretaceous showed warmer and more humid conditions indicated by increasing values of free-sporing plants (especially Bryophytes and ferns) and palm pollen grains, and the decrease until their absence of the aridity indicators.
Paleoclimatic reconstructions have used different proxies as climate indicators. In this context, palynomorphs play a crucial role for making inferences about past climate changes because of their presence and distribution during the geologic history in almost all types of environments. Argentina has a wide latitudinal range in South America, with diverse cretaceous units yielding palynomorphs that represent different climatic conditions. The Cretaceous was a time when climate conditions showed some special variations. Different theories about the climate conditions at this time were postulated. The main aim of this contribution is to understand climate trends during the Cretaceous, based on the quantitative analysis of selected pollen and spores, considered as climate indicators, from different geological units in Argentina. The evaluation of the palynofloras has been undertaken mainly by reviewing published sources from cretaceous basins but also with our own unpublished data. The climatic trend during the Cretaceous showed that the Early Cretaceous is marked by aridity episodes with high values of Classopollis and Gnetales. In contrast, the Late Cretaceous showed warmer and more humid conditions indicated by increasing values of free-sporing plants (especially Bryophytes and ferns) and palm pollen grains, and the decrease until their absence of the aridity indicators.
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