Amazonia rainforest fires: A lacustrine record of 7000 years

Ambio

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 139-142

  Turcq, Bruno ^a   Sifeddine, Abdelfettah ^a   Martin, Louis ^b   Absy, Maria Lucia ^c   Soubies, François ^d   Suguio, Kenitiro ^e   Volkmer Ribeiro, Cecilia ^f  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f FZR   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRE HISTORY; FOREST HISTORY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALAEOCLIMATE; RAINFORESRT; RAINFOREST;

SOUTH AMERICA, AMAZONIA;

EID: 0031922670     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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24. We thank I. Foster Brown, L. D. Lacerda, J. Maddock and B. Meggers for critical reviews. This study was realized through an ORSTOM (France)-CNPq (Brazil) convention. Research sponsored by ECOFIT and AIMPACT programs.
25. First submitted 15 April 1996. Accepted for publication after revision 6 March 1997.