Análisis de las nomenclaturas y de los esquemas estratigráficos del Pleistoceno tardío-Holoceno en la cuenca del río Luján, Buenos Aires, Argentina
; Fucks, Enrique Eduardo ; Figini, Anibal Juan 
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2009-08-05
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Asociación Paleontológica Argentina
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Ameghiniana
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0002-7014
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Los depósitos sedimentarios expuestos en las barrancas del río Luján, son considerados como la localidad tipo del Cuaternario tardío para los estudios geológicos y paleontológicos del noreste de la región pampeana de Argentina. Las nomenclaturas y esquemas de ordenamiento estratigráfico propuestos a lo largo de más de un siglo, se han utilizado para correlacionar con otras sucesiones sedimentarias de Argentina, norte de Uruguay y sur de Brasil. Los progresivos errores y transfiguraciones y la creación de nuevos esquemas, han causado el caos estratigráfico actual. Con el objetivo de comprender el significado estratigráfico y la ubicación geocronológica de las unidades referidas al lapso Pleistoceno tardío – Holoceno, se realizó una revisión histórica de los antecedentes evaluando el significado de los términos asignados a las diferentes unidades. La información se ordenó en tres períodos, que comprenden los intervalos 1847–1920, 1920–1960 y 1995–2005. Se construyó una escala geocronométrica para establecer un marco temporal para los depósitos sedimentarios continentales y marinos, frecuentemente denominados Lujanense, Platense y Querandinense en la localidad tipo. Se analizó la validez actual de los términos y se propuso (1) abandonar las denominaciones estratigráficas en uso, (2) definir esquemas estratigráficos mediante la descripción de litofacies, (3) realizar dataciones numéricas y (4) evitar la creación de nomenclaturas que no cumplan las normativas vigentes.
The sedimentary deposits exposed in cutbanks along the Luján River are considered to be the late Quaternary type locality for geological and paleontological studies of the northeastern Pampas of Argentina. The stratigraphic nomenclatures and sequences proposed for over a century have been used to correlate with sedimentary successions from other regions of Argentina, north of Uruguay and south of Brazil. This long history abounds in mistakes and misinterpretations, and the result is evident in the current stratigraphic nomenclature ‘chaos’. In order to understand the stratigraphic meaning and the geochronological placement of the units referring to the late Pleistocene-Holocene period, a critical historical study of the antecedents was carried out, evaluating the meaning of the terms assigned to the different units. The information is organized into three periods: 1847–1920, 1920–1960, and 1995–2005. A geo-chronometric scale that sets the temporal frame for the continental and marine deposits known as Lujanense, Platense and Querandinense in its type-locality was made. The validity of some of the terms currently in use was analyzed, and the following was proposed: (1) to leave behind the both formal and informal stratigraphic terms in use for the area, (2) to define stratigraphic schemes through the description of depositional units limited by unconformities, their lithofacies and facies differences (3) to carry out numerical dating and, (4) to avoid the creation of stratigraphical nomenclatures that are not in accordance with the current normatives.
The sedimentary deposits exposed in cutbanks along the Luján River are considered to be the late Quaternary type locality for geological and paleontological studies of the northeastern Pampas of Argentina. The stratigraphic nomenclatures and sequences proposed for over a century have been used to correlate with sedimentary successions from other regions of Argentina, north of Uruguay and south of Brazil. This long history abounds in mistakes and misinterpretations, and the result is evident in the current stratigraphic nomenclature ‘chaos’. In order to understand the stratigraphic meaning and the geochronological placement of the units referring to the late Pleistocene-Holocene period, a critical historical study of the antecedents was carried out, evaluating the meaning of the terms assigned to the different units. The information is organized into three periods: 1847–1920, 1920–1960, and 1995–2005. A geo-chronometric scale that sets the temporal frame for the continental and marine deposits known as Lujanense, Platense and Querandinense in its type-locality was made. The validity of some of the terms currently in use was analyzed, and the following was proposed: (1) to leave behind the both formal and informal stratigraphic terms in use for the area, (2) to define stratigraphic schemes through the description of depositional units limited by unconformities, their lithofacies and facies differences (3) to carry out numerical dating and, (4) to avoid the creation of stratigraphical nomenclatures that are not in accordance with the current normatives.
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