Horacio J. Harrington: significación y trascendencia de su obra geológica

The geological contributions made by Horacio Harrington between 1934 y 1974 are characterized by their broad thematic range and excellence. The published works were devoted to regional geology, paleontology, stratigraphy, and to theory, teaching and outreach of the geological sciences. Studies on re...

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Autor: Riccardi, Alberto Carlos
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:Argentina
Institución:Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Repositorio:SEDICI (UNLP)
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/107353
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/107353
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Geología
Horacio Harrington
History
Geology
Historia
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Sumario:The geological contributions made by Horacio Harrington between 1934 y 1974 are characterized by their broad thematic range and excellence. The published works were devoted to regional geology, paleontology, stratigraphy, and to theory, teaching and outreach of the geological sciences. Studies on regional geology were mainly focused, within Argentina, to the Sierras Australes and Precordilleran regions. For other countries they comprised the Chilean region of Antofagasta and Atacama, eastern Paraguay and Uruguay. Devoted to larger areas were his studies on morphostructural units, Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, regional geology of South America, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Studies on paleontology included detailed surveys on invertebrate systematic, biostratigraphy and paleobiogeography of trilobites and brachiopods, mainly from the Paleozoic of Argentina and, marginally from Bolivia and Colombia, and contributions to the volumes on trilobites and cnidarians of the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Harrington’s contributions to theory, teaching and outreach were mainly focused in the development and foundation of basic concepts of the geosciences and to the spatial and temporal meaning and classification of geological events.