Late Paleozoic Climatic Reconstruction of Western Argentina: Glacial Extent and Deglaciation of Southwestern Gondwana

• Main Author: Pauls, Kathryn N
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: UWM Digital Commons 2020
• Subjects: Argentina; Gondwana; late Paleozoic ice age; Paganzo Basin; Paleoclimate; Provenance; Climate; Geochemistry; Geology; South Pole; Chaco; Uspallata; South pole
• Online Access: https://dc.uwm.edu/etd/2576; https://dc.uwm.edu/context/etd/article/3581/viewcontent/Pauls_uwm_0263D_12847.pdf

Throughout its history Earth has experienced both icehouse and greenhouse conditions. Shifts and transitions from one end member to the other are driven by numerous driving mechanisms on global, orbital and more local scales. In particular, the late Paleozoic ice age (LPIA) is thought to have been d...