The impact of Quaternary sea level changes on the evolution of the Amazonian lowland

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 3168-3172

  Irion, Georg ^a   Müller, Jens ^b   Morais, Jáder O ^c   Keim, Gertrud ^a   de Mello, Jose Nunes ^d   Junk, Wolfgang J ^e  

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Brazil; Late Quaternary; Sediments

Indexed keywords

EROSION; LAKES; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTS; WATER LEVELS;

AMAZONIA; BACKWATER EFFECTS; BED-LOAD TRANSPORT; BRAZIL; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LATE QUATERNARY; RIVERS AND LAKES; SEALEVEL CHANGE;

RIVERS;

EROSION; FLOODPLAIN; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TRIBUTARY;

AMAZON RIVER; AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70549111362     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7386     Document Type: Article

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