975 resultados para Northwest Argentina
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The Santa Rosa and Sauce Guacho plutons are two post-collisional peraluminous Late Devonian to Early Carboniferous leucogranites that intruded the banded schists of the Ancasti Formation. The leucogranites are composed of microcline phenocrysts along with quartz, plagioclase, muscovite, biotite, ilmenite, tourmaline, apatite, monazite and zircon. Their geochemical composition is consistent with S-type granites and mineralogically they belong to MPG granites (muscovite-peraluminous granites). It is proposed that granite magma generation was related to shear zones that concentrated fluids in the metasedimentary crust during a collision or transcurrent tectonics. U-Pb analyses on monazite gave an age of 369.8 +/- 5.3 Ma, while Sm/Nd isotopic data yield epsilon(Nd(t)) values of -5.3 for Sauce Guacho and -5.7 for Santa Rosa indicating crustal provenance. Nd model ages between 1,544 and 1,571 Ma are within the range of magmatic rocks from the Lower Ordovician Famatinian Arc in the Central Sierras Pampeanas.
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En este artículo se describe la situación del olivar en las provincias argentinas de Catamarca, La Rioja y San Juan.
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The late Miocene Farallon Negro volcanics, comprising basaltic to rhyodacitic volcano-sedimentary rocks, host the Bajo de la Alumbrera porphyry copper-gold deposit in northwest Argentina. Early studies of the geology of the district have underpinned the general model for porphyry ore deposits where hydrothermal alteration and mineralization develop in and around porphyritic intrusions emplaced at shallow depths (2.5-3.5 km) into stratovolcanic assemblages. The Farallon Negro succession is dominated by thick sequences of volcano-sedimentary breccias, with lavas forming a minor component volumetrically. These volcaniclastic rocks conformably overlie crystalline basement-derived sedimentary rocks deposited in a developing foreland basin southeast of the Puna-Altiplano plateau. Within the Farallon Negro volcanics, volcanogenic accumulations evolved from early mafic to intermediate and silicic compositions. The younger and more silicic rocks are demonstrably coeval and comagmatic with the earliest group of mineralized porphyritic intrusions at Bajo de la Alumbrera. Our analysis of the volcanic stratigraphy and facies architecture of the Farallon Negro volcanics indicates that volcanic eruptions evolved from effusive to mixed effusive and explosive styles, as magma compositions changed to more intermediate and silicic compositions. Air early phase of mafic to intermediate voleanism was characterized by small synsedimentary intrusions with peperitic contacts, and lesser lava units scattered widely throughout the district, and interbedded with thick and extensive successions of coarse-grained sedimentary breccias. These sedimentary breccias formed from numerous debris- and hyperconcentrated flow events. A later phase of silicic volcanism included both effusive eruptions, forming several areally restricted lavas, and explosive eruptions, producing more widely dispersed (up to 5 kin) tuff units, some tip to 30-m thickness in proximal sections. Four key features of the volcanic stratigraphy suggest that the Farallon Negro volcanics need not simply record the construction of a large steep-sided polygenetic stratovolcano: (1) sheetlike, laterally continuous debris-flow and other coarse-grained sedimentary deposits are dominant, particularly in the lower sections; (2) mafic-intermediate composition lavas are volumetrically minor; (3) peperites are present throughout the sequence; and (4) fine-grained lacustrine sandstone-siltstone sequences occur in areas previously thought to be proximal to the summit region of the stratovolcano. Instead, the nature, distribution, and geometry of volcanic and volcaniclastic facies suggest that volcanism occurred as a relatively low relief, multiple-vent volcanic complex at the eastern edge of a broad, > 200-km-wide late Miocene volcanic belt and oil ail active foreland sedimentary basin to the Puna-Altiplano. Volcanism that occurred synchronously with the earliest stages of porphyry-related mineralization at Bajo de la Alumbrera apparently developed in an alluvial to ring plain setting that was distal to larger volcanic edifices.
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Tonal, textural and contextual properties are used in manual photointerpretation of remotely sensed data. This study has used these three attributes to produce a lithological map of semi arid northwest Argentina by semi automatic computer classification procedures of remotely sensed data. Three different types of satellite data were investigated, these were LANDSAT MSS, TM and SIR-A imagery. Supervised classification procedures using tonal features only produced poor classification results. LANDSAT MSS produced classification accuracies in the range of 40 to 60%, while accuracies of 50 to 70% were achieved using LANDSAT TM data. The addition of SIR-A data produced increases in the classification accuracy. The increased classification accuracy of TM over the MSS is because of the better discrimination of geological materials afforded by the middle infra red bands of the TM sensor. The maximum likelihood classifier consistently produced classification accuracies 10 to 15% higher than either the minimum distance to means or decision tree classifier, this improved accuracy was obtained at the cost of greatly increased processing time. A new type of classifier the spectral shape classifier, which is computationally as fast as a minimum distance to means classifier is described. However, the results for this classifier were disappointing, being lower in most cases than the minimum distance or decision tree procedures. The classification results using only tonal features were felt to be unacceptably poor, therefore textural attributes were investigated. Texture is an important attribute used by photogeologists to discriminate lithology. In the case of TM data, texture measures were found to increase the classification accuracy by up to 15%. However, in the case of the LANDSAT MSS data the use of texture measures did not provide any significant increase in the accuracy of classification. For TM data, it was found that second order texture, especially the SGLDM based measures, produced highest classification accuracy. Contextual post processing was found to increase classification accuracy and improve the visual appearance of classified output by removing isolated misclassified pixels which tend to clutter classified images. Simple contextual features, such as mode filters were found to out perform more complex features such as gravitational filter or minimal area replacement methods. Generally the larger the size of the filter, the greater the increase in the accuracy. Production rules were used to build a knowledge based system which used tonal and textural features to identify sedimentary lithologies in each of the two test sites. The knowledge based system was able to identify six out of ten lithologies correctly.
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Based on previous observational studies on cold extreme events over southern South America, some recent studies suggest a possible relationship between Rossby wave propagation remotely triggered and the occurrence of frost. Using the concept of linear theory of Rossby wave propagation, this paper analyzes the propagation of such waves in two different basic states that correspond to austral winters with maximum and minimum generalized frost frequency of occurrence in the Wet Pampa (central-northwest Argentina). In order to determine the wave trajectories, the ray tracing technique is used in this study. Some theoretical discussion about this technique is also presented. The analysis of the basic state, from a theoretical point of view and based on the calculation of ray tracings, corroborates that remotely excited Rossby waves is the mechanism that favors the maximum occurrence of generalized frosts. The basic state in which the waves propagate is what conditions the places where they are excited. The Rossby waves are excited in determined places of the atmosphere, propagating towards South America along the jet streams that act as wave guides, favoring the generation of generalized frosts. In summary, this paper presents an overview of the ray tracing technique and how it can be used to investigate an important synoptic event, such as frost in a specific region, and its relationship with the propagation of large scale planetary waves.
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This chapter reviews the history of study and the current status of Mid-Holocene climatic and cultural change in the South Central Andes, which host a wide range of different habitats from Pacific coastal areas up to extremely harsh cold and dry environments of the high mountain plateau, the altiplano or the puna. Paleoenvironmental information reveals high amplitude and rapid changes in effective moisture during the Holocene period and, consequently, dramatically changing environmental conditions. Therefore, this area is suitable to study the response of hunting and gathering societies to environmental changes, because the smallest variations in the climatic conditions have large impacts on resources and the living space of humans. This chapter analyzes environmental and paleoclimatic information from lake sediments, ice cores, pollen profiles, and geomorphic processes and relates these with the cultural and geographic settlement patterns of human occupation in the different habitats in the area of southern Peru, southwest Bolivia, northwest Argentina, and north Chile and puts in perspective of the early and late Holocene to present a representative range of environmental and cultural changes. It has been found that the largest changes took place around 9000 cal yr BP when the humid early Holocene conditions were replaced by extremely arid but highly variable climatic conditions. These resulted in a marked decrease of human occupation, “ecological refuges,” increased mobility, and an orientation toward habitats with relatively stable resources (such as the coast, the puna seca, and “ecological refuges”).
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Se describe y explica el proceso de deforestación del área ocupada por los bosques de algarrobo en el oeste de La Rioja y Catamarca, a partir de mediados de siglo XIX hasta la actualidad. Este proceso estuvo asociado al desmonte del bosque nativo y a los cambios de uso del suelo originados por diferentes y sucesivos procesos socio– económicos, que tuvieron como actividades emergentes la minería, el ferrocarril y la demanda de productos forestales, generada principalmente por actividades productivas y de consumo desarrolladas en otras regiones. A partir del análisis de fuentes históricas y de imágenes satelitales (en gabinete), sumado al muestreo del bosque nativo y entrevistas en profundidad (en trabajo campo), fue calculado el volumen y la distribución espacial del bosque afectado por las actividades descriptas. Se estudiaron además las modalidades de aprovechamiento social del recurso forestal y algunas características del mundo del trabajo asociado a estas actividades, así como también, el rol gubernamental en la política forestal, especialmente después de 1930. Entre los principales resultados se destaca que la explotación forestal, intensificada desde 1850, nunca mermó considerablemente. Las miles de hectáreas desmontadas y la cantidad de forestales talados representaron un importante impacto ambiental principalmente, y en primer lugar, en Pipanaco y Chilecito, trasladándose posteriormente al resto de los valles.
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Este trabajo se propone analizar la novela Lata peinada (2008), de Ricardo Zelarayán, texto donde se evidencia una recuperación de los usos de la experimentación narrativa, deudores de la antinovela de Macedonio Fernández y la modalidad de escritura con variaciones, tal como la practicaba Leónidas Lamborghini. Estas filiaciones, eminentemente enraizadas en la historia literaria rioplatense, se articulan con usos lingüísticos que intentan remedar sutilmente formas orales propias del noroeste argentino, donde trascurren las historias del relato. En este sentido, la escritura de Zelarayán permite analizar la curiosa elección de un autor que, durante varios años, luchó por instalarse en el campo literario porteño y articuló, en sus textos, una apuesta escrituraria que entrecruzaba tradiciones metropolitanas fuertes (Macedonio, Cortázar, Lamborghini) con señeras figuras autorales del interior menos reconocidas (Manuel J. Castilla, Jacobo Regen)
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Este trabajo se propone analizar la novela Lata peinada (2008), de Ricardo Zelarayán, texto donde se evidencia una recuperación de los usos de la experimentación narrativa, deudores de la antinovela de Macedonio Fernández y la modalidad de escritura con variaciones, tal como la practicaba Leónidas Lamborghini. Estas filiaciones, eminentemente enraizadas en la historia literaria rioplatense, se articulan con usos lingüísticos que intentan remedar sutilmente formas orales propias del noroeste argentino, donde trascurren las historias del relato. En este sentido, la escritura de Zelarayán permite analizar la curiosa elección de un autor que, durante varios años, luchó por instalarse en el campo literario porteño y articuló, en sus textos, una apuesta escrituraria que entrecruzaba tradiciones metropolitanas fuertes (Macedonio, Cortázar, Lamborghini) con señeras figuras autorales del interior menos reconocidas (Manuel J. Castilla, Jacobo Regen)
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Este trabajo se propone analizar la novela Lata peinada (2008), de Ricardo Zelarayán, texto donde se evidencia una recuperación de los usos de la experimentación narrativa, deudores de la antinovela de Macedonio Fernández y la modalidad de escritura con variaciones, tal como la practicaba Leónidas Lamborghini. Estas filiaciones, eminentemente enraizadas en la historia literaria rioplatense, se articulan con usos lingüísticos que intentan remedar sutilmente formas orales propias del noroeste argentino, donde trascurren las historias del relato. En este sentido, la escritura de Zelarayán permite analizar la curiosa elección de un autor que, durante varios años, luchó por instalarse en el campo literario porteño y articuló, en sus textos, una apuesta escrituraria que entrecruzaba tradiciones metropolitanas fuertes (Macedonio, Cortázar, Lamborghini) con señeras figuras autorales del interior menos reconocidas (Manuel J. Castilla, Jacobo Regen)
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Pós-graduação em Geologia Regional - IGCE
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Se determinó la composición de la dieta de verano de bovinos pastoreando en sistemas formados por bosques de Nothofagus pumilio (lenga) y mallines, del noroeste del Chubut. Se estimó la disponibilidad forrajera de los mallines y del sotobosque mediante cortes de biomasa aérea, y se determinó la composición dietaria mediante análisis microhistológico de heces. La dieta está integrada principalmente por especies de gramíneas y graminoides, que disminuyeron su frecuencia al final del verano, mientras que los renovales de lenga y otras especies leñosas la aumentaron. El ganado selecciona gramíneas en ambos períodos, y al final del verano también los renovales de lenga. La ganadería constituye una importante y creciente forma de subsistencia para los pobladores rurales del noroeste del Chubut. Este trabajo aporta elementos para avanzar en la búsqueda de herramientas que permitan la sustentabilidad de los bosques de lenga.
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Luego de la profunda crisis experimentada entre fines de 2001 y principios de 2003, la economía argentina registró una fuerte y sostenida recuperación. Este panorama tuvo su correlato en el mercado laboral: mientras que la evolución de sus indicadores para el período precedente (1998 a 2003) llevó a que la escasez de trabajo y de puestos de calidad fuera la temática central de las discusiones relacionadas con cuestiones sociales y políticas de principios de este siglo en la Argentina, el nuevo escenario plantea, creemos, nuevas preguntas y nuevos debates. En este sentido, el presente trabajo pretende aportar evidencia empírica a los interrogantes siguientes: ¿Cómo impactó la última recuperación económica en la precariedad laboral y el no registro en la Argentina? ¿Ese impacto fue similar para todas las regiones? Si no fue así, entonces: ¿cuáles fueron las regiones en las que la precariedad y el no registro disminuyó más? ¿Cuáles fueron las principales razones del cambio? El análisis se realiza con datos provenientes de la Encuesta Permanente de Hogares Continua, con énfasis en el enfoque regional y utilizando descomposiciones microeconométricas de los cambios registrados. Entre las principales conclusiones se destaca que la precariedad laboral se redujo en el período bajo estudio, pero casi la mitad de esta reducción desaparece cuando no se computa a los beneficiarios de planes de empleo como asalariados. La precariedad laboral disminuyó más en el noa que en el resto del país, aunque el nivel de partida de esta región fue mucho más elevado que el resto. Finalmente, la elasticidad empleo total-producto y la elasticidad empleo asalariado-producto observadas son positivas, aunque con una tendencia decreciente. Sorprendentemente, la elasticidad de la precariedad laboral frente a cambios en el producto parece haber sido procíclica a nivel país, con el noa comportándose de manera diferencial