A multiproxy palaeoecological record of Holocene lake sediments from the Rio Tapajós, eastern Amazonia

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 240, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 523-535

  Irion, G ^a   Bush, M B ^b   Nunes de Mello, J A ^c   Stuben D ^d   Neumann, T ^d   Muller G ^e   Morais de, J O ^f   Junk, J W ^g  

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

13C; Amazon lowland; Charcoal; Clay minerals; Climate; ENSO; Holocene; Mineralogy; Palaeoecology; Pollen; Sea level

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOECOLOGY; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT CORE;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; TAPAJOS RIVER;

CECROPIA; POACEAE;

EID: 33749169401     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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