Late Pleistocene stratigraphy, sedimentology and paleoenvironmental evolution of the Tarija-Padcaya basin (Bolivian Andes)

• Published in: Proceedings of the Geologists' Association
• Main Authors: COLTORTI, M., PIERUCCINI, P., PAREDES RIOS, F.
• Other Authors: Coltorti, M., Pieruccini, P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Altiplano The; The Altiplano; Ice cap
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11365/4188; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2010.04.002

We illustrate the results of geomorphological, stratigraphical and sedimentological analysis of the Tarija-Padcaya basin, a wide depression in the eastern side of the Bolivian Cordillera. The basin is well known for the rich mammal fauna discovered since the beginning of the 19th century. The sedime...