Palaeoecology and climate of the amazon basin during the last glacial cycle

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 347-356

  Colinvaux, Paul A ^a   De Oliveira, Paulo E ^b  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Diversity; Geomorphology; Palaeoclimate; Pollen

Indexed keywords

LAST GLACIATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0033937413     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1417(200005)15:4<347::AID-JQS537>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Review

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