El campo de drumlins, flutes y megaflutes de lago Viedma, pleistoceno tardío, provincia de Santa Cruz
; Rabassa, Jorge Oscar
; Serrat, David ; Martínez, Oscar Alfredo Otros responsables
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03/2013
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Asociación Geológica Argentina
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Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina
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Un nuevo campo de drumlins, flutes y megaflutes ha sido identificado en el sector oriental del Lago Viedma (49º 48´ S, 77º 55´ O). En este trabajo se describen y reconocen sus elementos integrantes. Este campo de geoformas subglaciales integra las morenas de fondo de la Última Glaciación. Se ha reconocido un mínimo de 19 drumlins y 199 flutes y megaflutes. Se realizó un estudio morfométrico de detalle sobre una muestra escogida de 101 de estas geoformas. El estudio muestra que los megaflutes son mucho más frecuentes que los flutes y drumlins, lo cual está probablemente relacionado con la dinámica del glaciar que los ha originado y las características de la carga sedimentaria basal. Se han relevado sus orientaciones acimutales por sectores y realizado perfiles longitudinales y transversales obtenidos en el terreno en dos geoformas seleccionadas. Además, se ha determinado que la orientación de los ejes mayores de estas geoformas es casi sub-paralela para cada uno de los sectores, pero varía sustancialmente entre el sector norte (entre N 85º E y N 37º E) y el sector sur (entre N 145º SE y N 133º SE). Esta circunstancia demuestra que las geoformas se han generado en la base del lóbulo finiglacial del Paleoglaciar Viedma, cuando éste abandonaba el valle en el cual estaba confinado y en el cual había modelado la artesa que ocupa actualmente el Lago Viedma, para luego expandirse y extenderse hacia el este como un glaciar de piedemonte.
A new drumlin, flute and megaflute field has been identified in the eastern shores of lago Viedma (49º 48’ S, 77º 55’ W). In this paper, their geomorphological components are identified and described. This subglacial landform field is part of the Last Glaciation ground moraines. A minimum of 19 drumlins and 199 flutes and megaflutes have been identified. A detailed morphometric study has been completed on a selected sample of 101 landforms. The study shows that megaflutes are much more frequent than flutes and drumlins, which is probably related to glacier dynamics and bed load conditions. Their azimuth orientations have been surveyed for each sector and longitudinal and transversal profiles have been measured in the field on selected landforms. In addition, it has been determined that the main axes orientation is almost sub-parallel in each of the identified sectors, but it is substantially different between the northern sector (ranging from N 85º E to N 37º E) and the southern sector (between N 145º SE and N 133º SE). This characteristic demonstrates that the landforms have been generated at the base of the Finiglacial lobe of the Viedma Paleoglacier, when this ice body abandoned the valley where it was confined and in which it had eroded the glacial valley that it is presently occupied by lago Viedma, and afterwards expanding and extending eastwards as a piedmont glacier
A new drumlin, flute and megaflute field has been identified in the eastern shores of lago Viedma (49º 48’ S, 77º 55’ W). In this paper, their geomorphological components are identified and described. This subglacial landform field is part of the Last Glaciation ground moraines. A minimum of 19 drumlins and 199 flutes and megaflutes have been identified. A detailed morphometric study has been completed on a selected sample of 101 landforms. The study shows that megaflutes are much more frequent than flutes and drumlins, which is probably related to glacier dynamics and bed load conditions. Their azimuth orientations have been surveyed for each sector and longitudinal and transversal profiles have been measured in the field on selected landforms. In addition, it has been determined that the main axes orientation is almost sub-parallel in each of the identified sectors, but it is substantially different between the northern sector (ranging from N 85º E to N 37º E) and the southern sector (between N 145º SE and N 133º SE). This characteristic demonstrates that the landforms have been generated at the base of the Finiglacial lobe of the Viedma Paleoglacier, when this ice body abandoned the valley where it was confined and in which it had eroded the glacial valley that it is presently occupied by lago Viedma, and afterwards expanding and extending eastwards as a piedmont glacier
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