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The stratigraphy of cryogenic and glacigenic episodes recorded in Central Andes at latitude 33º south is compared with the magnetostratigraphy of five (I‐V) main Patagonian glaciations. Most of the Central Andes cold episodes are relatively dated. A much older event (≈ 2.3 × 106 years BP) is needed to explain the oldest and largest Central Andes glaciation, the sediments of which are tectonically deformed. This is the beginning of climatic change in the Central Andes. Ice‐wedge casts in till formed 3.5 × 106 years BP in southern Patagonia are related to an even older cold episode. La stratigraphie des épisodes cryogéniques et glaciaires enregistrés dans les Andes Centrales à la latitude de 33ºS est comparée avec la magnétostratigraphie des cinq (I‐V) principales glaciations de Patagonie. La majorité des épisodes froids des Andes Centrales sont raccordés avec les glaciations. Un évènement beaucoup plus vieux (± 2,3 millions d'années BP) est nécessaire pour rendre compte de la glaciation le plus vieille et la plus étendue des Andes Centrales, glaciation dont les sédiments ont subi des déformations tectoniques. A ce moment, s'est produit le début du changement climatique dans les Andes Centrales. Des pseudomorphoses de fentes de gel à remplissage de glace formées dans des tills, il y a 3.5 millions d'années BP dans la Patagonie méridionale sont à mettre en relation avec un épisode froid encore plus ancien.
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Arturo E. Corte, 1991.
"Chronostratigraphic correlations of cryogenic and glacigenic episodes in central andes with patagonia,"
Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 2(1), pages 67-70, January.
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RePEc:wly:perpro:v:2:y:1991:i:1:p:67-70
DOI: 10.1002/ppp.3430020111
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