Impact of the Holocene sea-level changes in coastal, eastern and Central Amazonia

Amazoniana

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 41-52

  Behling, Hermann ^a  

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

Author keywords

Amazon rainforest; Holocene; Igap ; Mangrove; Northern Brazil; Palaeoecology; Palynology; Sea level; V rzea

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; HOLOCENE; HYDROLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 3943112402     PISSN: 00656755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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