This book gathers and updates the most significant advances of the last two centuries and
presents an unprecedented micro paleontological study covering more than 20 stratigraphic
sections. This information is supplemented by numerous sedimentological observations and
analyses on the basis of which a new lithostratigraphic framework for the Neogene of the
Chacoparanense Basin is proposed. The book is structured in an easy-to-read format: Its main
section offers a comprehensive review of the current state of knowledge on transgressions in
Argentina and similar transgressions in other South American countries taking into account
various key aspects (age paleoenvironment micropaleontology etc.). Secondly the book
presents the main results on the TLP and TEP of the Chacoparanense Basin and the TEP of the
Península de Valdés. Lastly it provides readers with complete stratigraphic profiles (Appendix
A) mineralogical analyses (Appendix B) distribution charts (Appendix C) systematics
(Appendix D) and plates (Appendix E).
