GLACIATIONS | Late Pleistocene in South America

A review of Late Quaternary inland dune systems of South America east of the Andes

“…However, the scarcity of adequate chronological control of both the aeolian and glacial records is still a major hindrance to evaluate the interactions between glacial and aeolian processes in South America. In this respect, the Late Quaternary glacial chronology is poorly constrained along the Andes, particularly in the equatorial and northern Andean regions (Coronato and Rabassa, 2013) while it is not fully established for the dry subtropical Andes (Espizúa, 1993;Zech et al, 2007). Furthermore, the wide latitudinal variations of climatic and topographic conditions along the Andes, determine the occurrence of numerous local/regional environmental settings that may limit the implication of glacial/aeolian records when correlated with global schemes.…”