Late Cenozoic Glaciations in Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego: an up-dated review

• Published in: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
• Main Authors: Rabassa, Jorge Oscar, Coronato, Andrea Maria Josefa, Martínez, Oscar Alfredo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Linnean Society of London
• Subjects: Glaciations; Late Cenozoic; Patagonia; Tierra del Fuego; Quaternary; South America; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Hielo; Cape Horn; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/12746

The Patagonian glaciations developed from the latest Miocene (c. 6 Ma) in multiple events of varied duration and intensity. Most of the present glacial landscape is the result of the glacial modelling during the Pleistocene, since the Great Patagonian Glaciation (GPG; c. 1 Ma). The Patagonian Andes...