History

For more than 40 years, the Geoecology of Soils and Sedimentary Environments research group has analyzed, from a geoscientific perspective, the interaction between biotic and abiotic components that condition the evolution and degradation of natural and anthropized soils in different sedimentary environments of the Buenos Aires Quaternary. Since soil is one of the natural resources with the greatest structural and functional complexity, its study requires the interaction of various disciplines; therefore, the group is composed of geologists, biologists, environmental science graduates, and anthropologists. Since its creation, studies have focused on aspects related to Soil Geoecology. Currently, this research line is linked to the study of soil quality and degradation in agroecosystems of southeastern Buenos Aires province, using physical, chemical, and biological quality indicators. In recent years, the group has also developed an innovative research line related to the process of biomineralization in plants, its role in plant communities and in biogeochemistry, soil genesis and evolution, paleoenvironments, and paleoclimates.