Principles of Paleoceanographic Reconstruction

This chapter introduces the principles of paleoceanographic reconstructions and proxy data, focusing on the concepts of climatic, biological, geological, geochemical as well as other large-scale proxies, tracers and records useful for such reconstructions in the western South Atlantic. Different proxies particularly useful for the Argentine margin, including physical and chemical properties of sediments, microfossils and geochemical and isotopic properties, are described.