Amazonian paleodunes provide evidence for drier climate phases during the Late Pleistocence-Holocene

Quaternary Research

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 205-209

  Carneiro Filho, Arnaldo ^a   Schwartz, Dominique ^b   Tatumi, Sonia H ^c   Rosique, Thierry ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c FACULDADE DE TECNOLOGIA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aridity; Brazil; Holocene; Linear dunes; Northern Amazonia; Paleodunes; Paleoenvironments; Pleniglacial; South America; Thermoluminescence

Indexed keywords

DUNE FIELD; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; RIO NEGRO BASIN;

EID: 0036767921     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.2002.2345     Document Type: Article

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