A preliminary survey of the vegetation and biogeochemistry of the mafic/ultramafic sequences of the Cerro Mantiqueira, Lavras do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Ofioliti

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 201-206

  Lima E Cunha, M C ^a   Saldanha, D L ^a   Brooks, R R ^b   Dunn, C E ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Brazil; Geobotany; Scoparia montevidensis. Rio Grande do Sul; Serpentine flora

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; GEOBOTANY; SERPENTINITE; SOIL; VEGETATION;

BRAZIL, RIO GRANDE DO SUL STATE, LAVRAS DO SUL, CERRO MANTIQUEIRA;

EID: 0031433209     PISSN: 03912612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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