Late Quaternary vegetation and climate change in the Panama Basin: Palynological evidence from marine cores ODP 677B and TR 163-38

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 234, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 62-80

  González, Catalina ^a   Urrego, Ligia Estela ^a   Martínez, José Ignacio ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD EAFIT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Choc biogeographic region; Colombia; Eastern equatorial pacific; Late Quaternary; Marine pollen analysis; Paleoclimate; Panama Basin; Vegetation history

Indexed keywords

BRACKISH WATER; CLIMATE CHANGE; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL; VEGETATION;

ANDES; CENTRAL AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33646095749     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.10.019     Document Type: Article

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