Paleo-environmental change in Amazonian and African rainforest during the LGM

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 239, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 510-527

  Anhuf, D ^a,b   Ledru, M P ^c   Behling, H ^d   Da Cruz Jr , F W ^c   Cordeiro, R C ^e   Van der Hammen, T ^f   Karmann, I ^c   Marengo, J A ^g   De Oliveira, P E ^h   Pessenda, L ^c   Siffedine, A ^e   Albuquerque, A L ^e   Da Silva Dias, P L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PASSAU   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO DE ESTUDOS AVANÇADOS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^e FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^f Fundacion Tropenbos Colombia   (Colombia)

^g INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^h GUARULHOS UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Africa; Climate history; Last Glacial Maximum; Rain forest; South America; Vegetation history

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE MODELING; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RAINFOREST;

AFRICA; BRAZIL; CONGO BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33750239263     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.01.017     Document Type: Review

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