Vegetational history of a site in the Central Amazon Basin derived from phytolith and charcoal records from natural soils

Quaternary Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 202-209

  Piperno, Dolores R ^a   Becker, Peter ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE VEGETATION; METHOD EVALUATION; PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS; SOIL PHYTOLITH; VEGETATION HISTORY;

BRAZIL, AMAZONAS, MANAUS;

EID: 0030467785     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1996.0020     Document Type: Article

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