Marine Isotope Stage 3 in Southern South America, 60 KA B.P.-30 KA B.P. (eBook)

MIS 3: an introduction.- High climatic variability during MIS 3: Heinrich and Dansgaard/Oeschger paleoclimatic events.- Review of MIS3 climatic variability: main characteristics and potential forcings.- On the origin of the Dansgaard-Oeschger cycles and its time variability.- Active exhumation in southern South America during the Late Cenozoic: a review about its development and mechanisms.- Possible connection between the Earth magnetic field and climate change during MIS 3 and MIS 5.- Stratigraphic and geomorphological aspects of the eastern region of Buenos Aires province during Marine Isotope Stage 3.- Paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic conditions during MIS 3 in the larger fluvial basins of the northeastern.- Pampean region of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.- The continental record of MIS 3 across central Argentina.- Continental vertebrates during Marine Isotope Stage 3 (MIS3) in Argentina.- MIS3 radiocarbon dates from molluscs shells.- Where was the sea level 30.000-40.000 years ago?.- Sea-level changes in the last ~ 120 000 years: a global and regional perspective.- The paleogeographic evolution of the southern South America Atlantic submarine shelf during MIS 3.- Ostracoda and Foraminifera in Marine Isotope Stage 3 (MIS 3): State of our knowledge.- Vegetation and climate in southern South America during MIS 3 based on pollen records.- Phytolith studies in southern South America: scope and limitations for paleoenvironmental reconstruction during Marine Isotope Stage 3 (MIS3).- Response of diatoms to Late Quaternary climate changes.- MIS 3 vs. MIS 5 in marine deposits of Uruguay.- MIS-3 and continental beds of northern Uruguay (Sopas Formation) correlation: chronology and palaeontology.- The Brazilian non-Amazon Landscapes and their fauna from 65 to 20 ka B.P.- Paleoenvironmental conditions in Brazil during MIS 3. A review with emphasis on the Brazilian southern region.