Impact of sea-level and climatic changes on the Amazon coastal wetlands during the late Holocene

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 425-439

  Cohen, Marcelo Cancela Lisboa ^a   Behling, Hermann ^b   Lara, Ruben José ^c   Smith, Clarisse Beltrão ^a   Matos, Hellen Rosy Soares ^a   Vedel, Vincent ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Mangrove; Maraj Island; Pollen analysis; Sea level

Indexed keywords

FILICOPHYTA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 70350365503     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-008-0208-0     Document Type: Article

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