Juan Tavera

Juan Tavera
Born1917
Died1991
NationalityChilean
CitizenshipChile
Known forStudy of the formations of Navidad, Arauco and Algarrobo
Scientific career
FieldsGeology, paleontology
InstitutionsUniversity of Chile
Departamento de Minas del Estado

Juan Tavera (1917–1991) was a Chilean geologist and paleontologist. His most important work was on the marine invertebrate fossils of the formations of Algarrobo, Arauco and Navidad.[1] Tavera's work contributed to an increased understanding of the stratigraphy of Chile, for example by defining Ranquil Formation in 1942.[2]

Along with Charles Darwin, Juan Brüggen and Gustav Steinmann he is one of the prominent geologists to have studied Navidad Formation in Central Chile.[3]

The species Paulckella taverai is named after him.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Museo geológico:Paleontología". Sernageomin.cl. National Geology and Mining Service. Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  2. ^ García A., Floreal (1968). Ceccioni, Giovanni (ed.). El Terciario de Chile Zona Central (in Spanish). Santiago de Chile: Ediorial Andrés Bello. pp. 25–57.
  3. ^ Encinas, Alfonso; Le Roux, Jacobus P.; Buatois, Luis A.; Nielsen, Sven, N.; Finger, Kenneth L.; Fourtanier, Elizabeth; Lavenu, Alain (2006), "New stratigrafic scheme for the Mio-Pliocene marine deposits of the Navidad area (33º00'-34º30'S), central Chile", Revista Geológica de Chile, 33 (2): 221–246, doi:10.4067/S0716-02082006000200002{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Rubilar R., Alfonso (2014), "ERNESTO PÉREZ D'ANGELO, 1932-2013: Obituario, bibliografía y una lista de los taxones por él descritos", Andean Geology (in Spanish), 41 (1), doi:10.5027/andgeoV41n1-im


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