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Late-Glacial History of Lago Argentino, Argentina, and Age of the Puerto Bandera Moraines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Jorge A. Strelin  and
Eduardo C. Malagnino
Jorge A. Strelin
Affiliation:
Centro Austral de Investigaciones Cientı́ficas (CADIC–CONICET), Av. Malvinas Argentinas S/N° 9410, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, E-mail: jstrelin@satlink.com
Eduardo C. Malagnino
Affiliation:
Centro de Investigaciones en Recursos Geológicos (CIRGEO–CONICET), Juan Ramı́rez de Velasco 847, 1414, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina, E-mail: emalag@satlink.com
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Abstract

In the west-central part of Lago Argentino, the Puerto Bandera moraines are clearly detached from longer, more prominent moraines of the last glaciation and from shorter and smaller Neoglacial moraines. Scientists have long speculated about the age of the Puerto Bandera moraines. Detailed geomorphologic studies in the western area of Lago Argentino, including stratigraphic profiles at Bahı́a del Quemado in the northern branch (Brazo Norte), indicate that the Puerto Bandera moraines were deposited by three pulses of ice. Each of the three pulses is represented by single moraine ridges and belts of tightly arranged ridges. The timing of the three glacier advances was established by radiocarbon dating, including data published by John Mercer. The oldest moraine system, formed during the Puerto Bandera I substade, was deposited ca. 13,000 14C yr B.P. Moraines of the Puerto Bandera II substade were deposited ca. 11,000 14C yr B.P. The youngest moraine system was deposited during a minor readvance, shortly before 10,390 C14 yr B.P., and thus appears to have occurred some time during the European Younger Dryas interval. After this third substade, the ice tongues retreated into the interior branches of Lago Argentino and have remained there since. Evidence found at Bahı́a del Quemado, together with data provided by other authors, attests to a significant climatic change by the middle Holocene, which we believe occurred during the Herminita advance, the first Holocene glacial readvance recognized within the area.

Keywords

Lago ArgentinoPatagonialate-glacial morainesYounger Dryasglacier readvance
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Research Article
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Quaternary Research , Volume 54 , Issue 3 , November 2000 , pp. 339 - 347
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University of Washington

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