Abstracts

Keynote Lectures

Daniel Ariztegui Recent and past freshwater systems reaction to environmental change and the challenge of cultural sustainability
Antony R. Berger Understanding rapid geological change and its importance for people and landscapes
Luis Alberto Borrero Volcanic Eruptions, Tsunamis and other Catastrophes in the Archaeological Record of South America
Enrique H. Bucher Mar Chiquita: a brief introduction to the largest Salt Lake in South America
Pedro Depetris Extreme flooding in large southamerican rivers: hydrological and biogeochemical impacts
Martin Grosjean Holocene Climate and Cultural Changes in the Atacama Desert
Ramon Julià Chemical stratigraphy data analyses from lake sediments to characterize sudden or gradual environmental changes
Nizamettin Kazancı Lake level responses to semi-arid climate and their social impacts in Turkey
Suzanne Leroy Rapid environmental changes and civilisation collapse: can we learn from them?
Patricio I. Moreno The last 25, 000 years of vegetation and climate history in NW Patagonia
Peter H. Schultz Experiencing Impacts: Probabilities, consequences, and possible human response to impacts during the Holocene
Ernesto F. Viglizzo Lessons from farming in the Argentine Pampas: Ecological feedbacks, thresholds and collapses during the last century
Ricardo Villalba Tree-rings as an indicator of environmental-stress: Past and present climate impacts on water, forests and people
Cathy Whitlock Holocene fire reconstructions in Patagonia and the western U.S.: providing a context for recent catastrophic fires in temperate forests

Abstracts

Marina Aguirre Holocene molluscan variations and palaeoclimate in the coastal area of Argentina
Mario Luis Assine Hydrological changes in the Pantanal Wetland, Brazil
Paul A. Baker Reconstructing Holocene precipitation in the tropical Andes
Mónica Blarasin Groundwaters shallow systems and indicators of environmental changes in the south of Córdoba Province, Argentina
José Busnelli Temporal dynamic of soil erosion and rainfall erosivity as geoindicators of land degradation in Northwestern Argentina.
Macarena Luc Cárdenas Paleoenviromental changes in the Última Esperanza area (51ºS) during the last glacial- interglacial transition, southern Chile
Claudio A. Carignano Holocene climatic changes in central Region of Argentina: Geomorphological and historical evidences
Emmanuel Chapron Lago Puyehue sedimentary record of Valdivia 1960 major earthquake and associated volcanic eruption in the Chilean Lake District
Jorge Orlando Chiesa Holocene paleoenvironmental evolution of the River Desaguadero (San Luis, Argentina)
Carlos H. Costa Large Holocene earthquakes in the Sierras Pampeanas and sorrounding plains: more likely than once thought
Susana Degiovanni River response to environmental changes: monitoring of geoindicators in representative reaches of Chocancharava and Achiras-del Gato streams, Córdoba, Argentina
Andrés Fock Landslides related to major geological structures in the Andes Main Cordillera
Jean P. Francois Forest first, then steppe expansion in SW Patagonia over the last 4000 years
Elena Franzinelli Occurrence of landslides in the Valley of the Solimões-Amazon River and its tributaries, causes of formation and environmental implications
Sheri Fritz Holocene Hydrological Variation in the Lake Titicaca Drainage Basin
Diego Gaiero Airborne transport of aerosols into the south atlantic ocean: assessment of sources, horizontal fluxes, iron fertilizing potential and impact on climate
Sergio M. Georgieff Changes of Channel Patterns, Avulsions and Flooding: Effects of Base Level Rise in the River Net of Western Plains of Tucumán Province - Argentina
Eduardo A. Gómez A cycle in solar irradiance as trigger of abrupt Holocene global climatic changes and negative sea level oscillations
Susy Eli M. Gouveia Charcoal in the soils and paleofires in distinct regions of Brazil
María A. Gutierrez Paleoclimatic evidences from the late Pleistocene-middle Holocene at Paso Otero 5 site (Pampean region, Argentina)
Martin Iriondo Historic meteorological extremes as indicators for typical scenarios of Holocene climatic periods in the Pampa Plain
Nizamettin Kazancı The Holocene climate of Anatolia deduced from lake level records and sediment compositions, Turkey
Rob Kemp Sustainability and sensitivity to climatic change of (Pre-Inca) Wari irrigated terrace agricultural systems in the southern Peruvian Andes
Cecilia Laprida The complex hydrological signature of the Little Ice Age from the Puna to the Pampa reconstructed from lake records
Mónica Larese Grid point analysis for the identification of climatic extremes in the Uruguay river basin, South America
Claudio Latorre Vegetation and Climate of the Atacama Desert during the Holocene: Evidence from Rodent Middens
Suzanne Leroy Catastrophic events analysed by a multi-proxy approach using lake sediments from the North Anatolian Fault area, N-W Turkey
Liliana Concepción Lupo Climate–Fire–Vegetation interactions during the Late Holocene in Las Yungas upper montane forest, Lagunas de Yala. Northwestern Argentina
Antonio Maldonado Holocene climate change and human settlement on the semiarid coast of Chile (32ºS)
Rodrigo Villa Martínez Glacial, vegetational, and climatic history in Torres del Paine National Park since 14, 000 years BP: the Vega Ñandú record
Julieta Massaferro Fossil chironomids from Lake Mascardi (41ºS) during the Late Glacial/Holocene transition: more evidence of the Huelmo/Mascardi Cold Reversal Event (HMCR)
Juan Pablo Milana The environmental changes of eolian, alluvial and lacustrine systems of Central-Western Argentina at the onset of the Holocene
Juan Pablo Milana Unique gravelly dunes at the windiest place of the world: a natural laboratory for wind-driven catastrophes
Ricardo Mon The neotectonic origin of the natural dam of Mar Chiquita, Córdoba, Argentina
Stella Maris Moreiras Is Ël Niño" - ENSO Climatic Phenomenon influencing landslide occurrence in the Central Andes, Mendoza Province, Argentina?
Marcelo Sebastián Moyano Avulsion and capture of El Tejar Creek: an example of geological risk related to lateral migration and trees cutting down, Tucumán, Argentina.
Andrea Pasquini River flow changes in Southern South America during the 20th Century
Andrea I. Pasquini Hydroclimatic variability of Sierras Pampeanas river systems, Córdoba, Argentina: A sign of 20th Century environmental change?
Laura P. Perucca Liquefaction phenomena associated to historic earthquakes in San Juan and Mendoza provinces, Argentina
Laura P. Perucca Geological Hazard in the Department of Pocito, San Juan Province, Argentina
Luiz Carlos Ruiz Pessenda Holocene vegetation and climate changes in Brazil using carbon isotopes of soil organic matter and lacustrine sediment pollen analysis
Eduardo L. Piovano Recurring flooding events during the Holocene in the South American extratropics - Laguna Mar Chiquita, Argentina
Juan Federico Ponce Holocene costal longitudinal sand dunes in the westernmost end of Isla de Los Estados (Staaten Island), Tierra del Fuego
Catherine A. Rigsby Climatic control on fluvial landscapes in the Lake Titicaca Basin as evidenced by regionally correlative fluvial histories of the Rio Desaguadero, Rio Ilave, Rio Ramis, and Rio Huancane (Bolivia and Peru)
Andrea Paula Rizzo Preliminary study of subfossil chironomid community at a lagoon of northern Patagonic steppe
José M. Sayago Geoindicators of recovery threshold in highly degraded landscape of Northwestern Argentina
Frank Schäbitz Climate and environmental reconstruction in Southern Santa Cruz (Argentina) for the last 1600 years gained from proxies of the SALSA-Project
Sergio A. Sepúlveda Catastrophic Debris Flow Hazards in Chile: The Case of the 2004 Flows in Lago Ranco
Florence Sylvestre Decadal record of hydrological changes in subtropical South America of Central Argentina over the last 200 years
Graciela E. Tello Historic Earthquakes and the urban zone of Gran Mendoza. Mendoza. Argentina
Graciela E. Tello The Historical Seismicity and Territorial Planning in Argentina
Ofelia Tujchneider Vertical Upward Intrusion of Salt Water due to the Intensive Exploitation. Santa Fe. Argentina
Ana M. Abarzúa Vasquez Deglacial and postglacial history of temperate rainforest in Isla Grande de Chiloé, Chile
Gustavo Villarosa Explosive Vlcanism during the Holocene in the Upper Limay River Basin. The effects of ash falls on human societies. Northern Patagonia, Argentina.
Alexia Wolodarsky-Franke Tree-ring, stratigraphic, and palynological evidence for volcanic and climatic controls on Fitzroya cupressoides forests in southern Chile over the last  5700 years.