Ramos, History of the Geological Sciences in Argentina (2025)
History of the Geological Sciences in Argentina
200 Years of Accomplishments
By Victor A. Ramos ·
Springer Nature Switzerland 2025
The science of geology is intertwined with the growth of the field in Argentina. This book explores those dual historical developments and, as an expanded translation of Historia de la Geología Argentina: Una Crónica de Más de Dos Siglos, shares them with a global audience. Drawing on the author's extensive work throughout the country as well as documents and photographs from the archives of the National Geological Survey, General Archive of the Nation, and the universities of Buenos Aires, Córdoba, and La Plata, this book offers a once-in-a-century look at developments in the field of geology from a country-specific perspective.
Introduction
The First Observations
The Traveling Naturalists
Geology After Caseros
The Beginning of the Teaching of Geology in Argentina
The National Academy of Sciences in Córdoba
The Museum of Natural Sciences of la Plata
Geological Explorations at the End of the Nineteenth Century
The Beginnings of the Direction of Mines and Geology
End of the German Hegemony in the Direction of Mines and Geology
The Foundation of Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales
Teaching and Research of Geology in Universities
The National Direction of Mining and Geology
Geology During the Five-Year Plan
Geology in Fabricaciones Militares
The Foundation of the Argentine Geological Society
The Geology of Radioactive Minerals
New Institutions in Northern Argentina
The Geology of Coal and Yacimientos Carboníferos Fiscales
Cont'd.
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