El teatro misional jesuítico en el Brasil: posibles lecturas y aportes. En: Estudios Regionales, v. 1, n° 1

La conquista que de América hicieron los países de Europa, representa, en primer término la expresión de la soberbia de creer que el mayor desarrollo tecnológico justificaba el dominio, la expollación económica o la sublimación de la voluntad de los vencidos a través de la conquista espiritual. Son muchos los documentos que dan testimonio de la utilización de representaciones dramáticas en la evangelización. Es este Teatro de carácter didáctico el que ha motivado nuestro interés. Los jesuitas lo utilizaron en las "Misiones de Indios guaranies" y también entre los Tupíes y con la misma finalidad lo usó el Padre Anchieta, en el Brasil.En ambos casos el evangelizador operó con una realidad similar: los fundamentos míticos de la cultura tupí-guaraní.

Sedimentary mineralogy of argillaceous sediments at DSDP Legs 56-57 Holes

Mineral assemblages of DSDP Holes 436 and 438A and the upper section of Hole 439 (871.5-911.0 m sub-bottom) resemble each other and are composed of montmorillonite (probably a small portion of montmorillonite/illite mixed-layer clays), illite, chlorite, kaolinite, quartz, plagioclase, hornblende, calcite, dolomite, siderite, gypsum, pyrite, and halite. In the middle section of Hole 439 (933.5-1041.0 m), clinoptilolite is also found. In the lower section of Hole 439 (1077.5-1150.0 m), montmorillonite is not confirmed, and clinoptilolite and mixed-layer illite are found. These assemblages, which also contain detrital kaolinite, are generally found in sediments from brackish-water environments. At Site 439, more than 1000 meters of sediment might have been removed by erosion at the base.

C1-C5 hydrocarbons from core gas pockets at DSDP Leg 56 Holes

C1-C5 hydrocarbons from DSDP Legs 56 and 57 sediment gas pockets were analyzed on board ship. Results suggest that the C2-C5 hydrocarbons accompanied biogenic methane and were generated at low temperatures - less than 50° C - either by microorganisms or by low-temperature chemical reactions. Neopentane, a rare constituent of petroleum, is the major C5 component (about 80%) in much of the sediment at Site 438. This compound, which appeared in smaller amounts at Sites 434, 439, 440, and 441, seems to correlate with either fractured or coarse-grained sediments. Scatter in C4 and C5 isomer ratios and generally good correlation between C3, C4 and C5 components suggest local sources for these molecules.