Late Quaternary vegetation and climate dynamics in southeastern Amazonia inferred from Lagoa da Confusão Tocantins State, northern Brazil

Amazoniana

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 27-39

  Behling, Hermann ^a  

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

Author keywords

Amazon rain forest; Brazil; Climate dynamics; Late Quaternary; Savanna cerrado; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENT CORE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

BRAZIL; LAGOA DA CONFUSAO; SOUTH AMERICA; TOCANTINS;

LAGOA;

EID: 2942610209     PISSN: 00656755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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