Quarternary ecological and geomorphic changes associated with rainfall events in presently semi-arid northeastern Brazil

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 693-701

  Auler, Augusto S ^a   Wang, Xianfeng ^b   Edwards, R Lawrence ^b   Cheng, Hai ^b   Cristalli, Patrícia S ^c   Smart, Peter L ^d   Richards, David A ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDADE DE MOGI DAS CRUZES   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fossil vertebrates; Northeastern Brazil; Palaeobotanical remains; Speleothem growth phases; Travertine

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; RAINFALL;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 12444252154     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.876     Document Type: Article

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