Quaternary geocryogenic processes in the Mantiqueira highlands, with climatic considerations

Authors

  • May Christine Modenesi-Gauttieri SMA; Instituto Geológico
  • Lucí Hidalgo Nunes SMA; Instituto Geológico

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5935/0100-929X.19980003

Abstract

Possible effects of El Niño-like events on the past climates of the Mantiqueira highlands are discussed considering paleoclimatic data and analysis of the present climate of Campos do Jordão and Itatiaia. An apparent parallelism between the present behavior of the climate and paleoclimatic evidences seems to reinforce the possibilities of greater interference of geocryogenic processes in the Quaternary evolution of the Itatiaia plateau.

Published

1998-12-01

Issue

Section

RIG050