Armando F. Leanza

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Armando Federico Leanza (born March 21, 1919 in Buenos Aires , † March 24, 1975 ) was an Argentine geologist and paleontologist .

From 1943 Leanza worked as a paleontologist in the geological survey of Argentina. From 1969 he headed the search for phosphate deposits in the provinces of Neuquén and Jujuy . He wrote books on the regional geology of Argentina and is best known for his work on ammonites and trilobites in Argentina. He also taught at the universities in La Plata, Buenos Aires, Cordoba and Tucuman.

In 1962 he was a Guggenheim Fellow .

Fonts

  • Ammonites del Jurásico superior y del Cretáceo inferior de la Sierra Azul, en parte meridional de la provincia de Mendoza. Anales del Museo de La Plata (NS), No. 1, 1945
  • with Christian Petersen: Elementos de Geología Aplicada. Ed. Nigar, Buenos Aires 1953
  • with Horacio Harrington : Ordovician Trilobites of Argentina. University of Kansas, Department of Geology, Special Publication 1, 1957, pp. 1-276.
  • Geología Regional Argentina. In: Leanza, La Argentina: Suma de Geografía. Volume 1, No. 3, 1958, Ed. Peuser, Buenos Aires 1958, pp. 217-349
  • Geología Regional Argentina. Academia Nacional de Ciencias. Centenario de su Fundación. Cordoba 1972.

literature

  • Hector Leanza: Los aportes de algunos ilustres geocientíficos del SEGEMAR al conocimiento geológico del territorio nacional. Series correlación geológica 24, San Miguel de Tucumán 2008
personal data
SURNAME Leanza, Armando F.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Leanza, Armando Federico
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentine geologist and paleontologist
DATE OF BIRTH March 21, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Buenos Aires
DATE OF DEATH March 24, 1975