Age determination, planktic foraminifera and stable istopes of sediment core MSM05/5_712-2

A sediment core from the West Spitsbergen continental margin was studied to reconstruct climate and paleoceanographic variability during the last ~9 ka in the eastern Fram Strait. Our multiproxy evidence suggests that the establishment of the modern oceanographic configuration in the eastern Fram Strait occurred stepwise, in response to the postglacial sea-level rise and the related onset of modern sea-ice production on the shallow Siberian shelves. The late Early and Mid Holocene interval (9 to 5 ka) was generally characterized by relatively unstable conditions. High abundance of the subpolar planktic foraminifer species Turborotalita quinqueloba implies strong intensity of Atlantic Water (AW) inflow with high productivity and/or high AW temperatures, resulting in a strong heat flux to the Arctic. A series of short-lived cooling events (8.2, 6.9. and 6.1 ka) occurred superimposed on the warm late Early and Mid Holocene conditions. Our proxy data imply that simultaneous to the complete postglacial flooding of Arctic shallow shelves and the initiation of modern sea-ice production, strong advance of polar waters initiated modern oceanographic conditions in the eastern Fram Strait at ~5.2 ka. The Late Holocene was marked by the dominance of the polar planktic foraminifer species Neogloboquadrina pachyderma, a significant expansion of sea ice/icebergs, and strong stratification of the water column. Although planktic foraminiferal assemblages as well as sea surface and subsurface temperatures suggest a return of slightly strengthened advection of subsurface Atlantic Water after 3 ka, a relatively stable cold-water layer prevailed at the sea surface and the study site was probably located within the seasonally fluctuating marginal ice zone during the Neoglacial period.

Comprensión de textos y progresión temática : Incidencia de las funciones informativas

Los textos académicos a los que los alumnos acuden en busca de información no siempre les resultan fácilmente comprensibles. Se observa que en el nivel pragmático las dificultades son muy importantes y revelan interferencias en la construcción de sentido del texto, a veces por limitaciones de la competencia de los lectores y otras veces por problemas en la organización retórica de los textos. Este trabajo se propone abordar y analizar la incidencia de los conocimientos sobre la distribución de la información de los textos, en las posibilidades de los alumnos para alcanzar la comprensión de los mismos. Se seguirá la concepción de Rosenblatt sobre la lectura como proceso transaccional entre el lector que construye el sentido sobre la base de las pistas literales o inferenciales que el texto le ofrece, y de Kintsch y van Dijk sobre la comprensión como un proceso cognitivo que se desarrolla en tres etapas: decodificación, recuperación del texto base y construcción del modelo de situación. El análisis de la incidencia de los conocimientos previos de los lectores para 'dosificar' la nueva información, se apoyará en las funciones informativas del texto desarrolladas por la Escuela de Praga (especialmente tópico, tema y rema) para analizar de qué manera estas funciones pueden sustentar estrategias de lectura que activen en los lectores los procesos cognitivos correspondientes a la fase más elaborada de la comprensión, denominada construcción del modelo de situación. Para ello se analizarán las respuestas obtenidas frente a dos textos informativos sobre el mismo tema, de distinta complejidad, antes y después de capacitar a los alumnos en conocimientos específicos. Los resultados obtenidos permiten concluir que tales conocimientos favorecen el desempeño de los alumnos, particularmente en el caso de textos en los que la distribución de la información es más compleja

Proceso de creación de una lista de autoridades de nombres geográficos de Argentina

La diversidad de los nombres geográficos de Argentina, sumados a los casos de sinonimia, homonimia y variantes de la forma del nombre ?incluida la ortografía-hace necesario realizar el control de puntos de acceso para asegurar la coherencia del catálogo y, por ende, el acceso a la colección documental. Se propone entonces, una metodología para la confección de una Lista de nombres geográficos de Argentina que proporcione un punto de acceso controlado y sus referencias, de acuerdo a las Reglas angloamericanas de catalogación, 2ª edición, revisión de 2002, actualización de 2003 [AACR2]. Se presentan los ejemplos en una base de datos diseñada sobre el software CDS/ISIS 1.5 [build3] para Windows [versión completa: AR], UNESCO, 2003 [llamado comúnmente Winisis], con el formato de autoridades UNIMARC de IFLA [International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions], 2ª edición y actualización, siguiendo las Directrices para registros de autoridad y referencias [GARR], 2ª edición y las Directrices para los registros de autoridad y referencia de materia [GSARE]

Geochemistry of ODP Leg 129 igneous rocks

This report presents all the available major and trace elemental analyses and Sr, Nd, and Pb isotopic compositions of basaltic rocks recovered from Ocean Drilling Program Sites 800, 801, and 802 during Leg 129 (Table 1). Its main purpose is to provide other investigators a complete summary of geochemical data for Leg 129 basement basalts that they can use for later work. Detailed discussions of the data are presented elsewhere in the volume by Floyd and Castillo (Site 801 geochemistry and petrogenesis, dataset: doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.779154) Floyd et al. (Sites 800 and 802 geochemistry and petrography, dataset: doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.779129), Alt et al. (Site 801 alteration, dataset: doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.779207), and Castillo et al. (Sr, Nd, and Pb isotope geochemistry of Leg 129 basalts, dataset: doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.779191).

Chemistry and accumulation rates of Jurassic to early Cretaceous sediments from the central equatorial Pacific

Sedimentation in the central Pacific during the Jurassic and Early Cretaceous was dominated by abundant biogenic silica. A synthesis of the stratigraphy, lithology, petrology, and geochemistry of the radiolarites in Sites 801 and 800 documents the sedimentation processes and trends in the equatorial central Pacific from the Middle Jurassic through the Early Cretaceous. Paleolatitude and paleodepth reconstructions enable comparisons with previous DSDP sites and identification of the general patterns of sedimentation over a wide region of the Pacific. Clayey radiolarites dominated sedimentation on Pacific oceanic crust within tropical paleolatitudes from at least the latest Bathonian through Tithonian. Radiolarian productivity rose to a peak within 5° of the paleoequator, where accumulation rates of biogenic silica exceeded 1000 g/cm**2/m.y. Wavy-bedded radiolarian cherts developed in the upper Tithonian at Site 801 coinciding with the proximity of this site to the paleoequator. Ribbon-bedding of some radiolarian cherts exposed on Pacific margins may have formed from silicification of radiolarite deposited near the equatorial high-productivity zone where radiolarian/clay ratios were high. Silicification processes in sediments extensively mixed by bioturbation or enriched in clay or carbonate generally resulted in discontinuous bands or nodules of porcellanite or chert, e.g., a "knobby" radiolarite. Ribbon-bedded cherts require primary alternations of radiolarian-rich and clay-rich layers as an initial structural template, coupled with abundant biogenic silica in both layers. During diagenesis, migration of silica from clay-rich layers leaves radiolarian "ghosts" or voids, and the precipitation in adjacent radiolarite layers results in silicification of the inter-radiolarian matrix and infilling of radiolarian tests. Alternations of claystone and clay-rich radiolarian grainstone were deposited during the Callovian at Site 801 and during the Berriasian-Valanginian at Site 800, but did not silicify to form bedded chert. Carbonate was not preserved on the Pacific oceanic floor or spreading ridges during the Jurassic, perhaps due to an elevated level of dissolved carbon dioxide. During the Berriasian through Hauterivian, the carbonate compensation depth (CCD) descended to approximately 3500 m, permitting the accumulation of siliceous limestones at near-ridge sites. Carbonate accumulation rates exceeded 1500 g/cm**2/m.y. at sites above the CCD, yet there is no evidence of an equatorial carbonate bulge during the Early Cretaceous. In the Barremian and Aptian, the CCD rose, coincident with the onset of mid-plate volcanic activity. Abundance of Fe and Mn and the associated formation of authigenic Fe-smectite clays was a function of proximity to the spreading ridges, with secondary enrichments occurring during episodes of spreading-center reorganizations. Callovian radiolarite at Site 801 is anomalously depleted in Mn, which resulted either from inhibited precipitation of Mn-oxides by lower pH of interstitial waters induced by high dissolved oceanic CO2 levels or from diagenetic mobilization of Mn. Influx of terrigenous (eolian) clay apparently changed with paleolatitude and geological age. Cyclic variations in productivity of radiolarians and of nannofossils and in the influx of terrigenous clay are attributed to Milankovitch climatic cycles of precession (20,000 yr) and eccentricity (100,000 yr). Diagenetic redistribution of biogenic silica and carbonate enhanced the expression of this cyclic sedimentation. Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous sediments were deposited under oxygenated bottom-water conditions at all depths, accompanied by bioturbation and pervasive oxidation of organic carbon and metals. Despite the more "equable" climate conditions of the Mesozoic, the super-ocean of the Pacific experienced adequate deep-water circulation to prevent stagnation. Efficient nutrient recycling may have been a factor in the abundance of radiolarians in this ocean basin.

Prácticas espaciales y nuevos espacios de representación a partir de la privatización del Puerto Quequén

Fil: Donato Laborde, Matías Germán. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación; Argentina.