Bulk composition of sedimentary organic matter used in palaeoenvironmental reconstructions: Examples from the tropical belt of South America and Africa

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 214, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 41-53

  Sifeddine, Abdelfettah ^a,b   Wirrmann, Denis ^c   Albuquerque, Ana Luiza S ^b   Turcq, Bruno ^a,b   Cordeiro, Renato Campello ^b   Gurgel, Marcio H C ^a   Abrão, Jorge João ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b Universidade Federal Fluminense IRD   (France)

^c New Caledonia ^*  (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Africa; C N; Paleoenvironmental reconstructions; Sedimentary organic matter; South America

Indexed keywords

LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEDIMENTATION; VEGETATION HISTORY;

AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALGAE; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 6044242225     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(04)00322-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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