History, Previous Works and Physiography -- Climate -- Vegetation -- Geology -- Glacial Geomorphology -- Paleogeography -- Palinology -- Diatom Analysis -- Reconstruction of Paleoenvironmental Conditions During Late Glacial and Holocene Times in Isla de los Estados and Their Correlation with the Beagle Channel and Southern Patagonia -- Archaeology
Summary
This book is the result of ten years' of scientific research carried out by the authors on Isla de los Estados. The research includes their doctoral thesis and many published scientific papers related to the island. The book is divided into two principal parts. The first part covers different social and natural aspects of this remote island and includes chapters on the scientific and historical background, physiography with topographical and hydrographical descriptions, climate and oceanographic circulation, vegetation and geology (including stratigraphy, structural geology and geological histo
