Late Holocene phytolith and carbon-isotope record from a latosol at Salitre, south-central Brazil

Quaternary Research

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 187-194

  Alexandre, Anne ^a   Meunier, Jean Dominique ^a   Mariotti, Andre ^b   Soubies, Francois ^c  

^a CEREGE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Brazil; Carbon isotope; Charcoal; Late Holocene; Paleoenvironment; Phytolith; Soil

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; CHARCOAL; HOLOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHYTOLITH;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0033064011     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1998.2027     Document Type: Article

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