A dry climatic event during the late Quaternary of tropical Brazil

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 115-129

  Salgado Labouriau, M L ^a   Barberi, M ^b   Ferraz Vicentini, K R ^a   Parizzi, M G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b Ctro de Estud e Pesq Biologicas   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Central Brazil; Cerrados; Late Quaternary; Paleoclimate; Paleovegetation; Savannas

Indexed keywords

PALAEOCLIMATE; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; POLLEN ANALYSIS; QUATERNARY; VEGETATION CHANGE;

(CENTRAL); BRAZIL;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LAGOA; VALENCIA;

EID: 0031955008     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(97)00045-6     Document Type: Article

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