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Multiple Glaciations Of The Cordon Del Plata, Mendoza, Argentina [Glaciaciones Multiples Del Cordon Del Plata, Mendoza, Argentina], William J. Wayne, Arturo E. Corte

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences: Faculty Publications

Evidence exists for four glaciations in the Río Blanco basin west of Mendoza, Argentina. Morphology, superposition of tills, soil-profile development, loess thickness, and boulder weathering have been the techniques most useful in mapping the tills. Glaciers of Vallecitos (= Wisconsinan) age extended to 2600 m and left distinctive moraines. Tills of two preVallecitos glacier advances cover the floor of the valley from 2600 m to below 2100 m, and remnants of one of the tills extend nearly to the junction with Río Mendoza (1400 m) 13 km below the lowest Vallecitos moraines. These deposits were considered to be mudflows rather …