Phytoliths as indicators of pedogenesis and paleoenvironmental changes in the Brazilian cerrado

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 88, Issue 1-3 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 172-176

  Borba Roschel, Miriam ^a,b   Alexandre, Anne ^b   Chicarino Varajão, Angélica Fortes Drummond ^a   Meunier, Jean Dominique ^b   Chicarino Varajão, César Augusto ^a   Colin, Fabrice ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b CEREGE   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cerrado; Cyperaceae; Environmental change; Pedogenesis; Phytolith; Poaceae

Indexed keywords

BULLIFORM CELL; CERRADO; CYPERACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; PEDOGENESIS; PHYTOLITH; POACEAE; WATER STRESS;

MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PLANT CELL CULTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY); SILICA; SOILS; STRESSES;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

PALEOENVIRONMENT; PEDOGENESIS; PHYTOLITH;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

CYPERACEAE; POACEAE;

EID: 31744441769     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2005.08.032     Document Type: Article

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