Evidence for lake formation as a response to an inferred Holocene climatic transition in Brazil

Quaternary Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 131-137

  Rodrigues Filho, Saulo ^a   Behling, Hermann ^b   Irion, George ^c   Müller, German ^d  

^a MCT   (Brazil)

^b LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

^c SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Holocene; Paleoclimate; Sedimentary record; Southeastern Brazil

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION;

BRAZIL; LAKE SILVANA; RIO DOCE BASIN;

EID: 0036462237     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.2001.2281     Document Type: Article

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