A multi-proxy palaeoecological record of late-Holocene forest expansion in lowland Bolivia

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 293, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 98-107

  Taylor, Zachary P ^a   Horn, Sally P ^a   Mora, Claudia I ^b   Orvis, Kenneth H ^a   Cooper, Lee W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon basin; Bolivia; C12 C13; Lake sediments; Milankovitch forcing; Palaeoecology; Pollen analysis

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CHARCOAL; CLIMATE EFFECT; DRY FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MARSH; MILANKOVITCH CYCLE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; RAINFOREST; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CORE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

BOLIVIA;

CELTIS; TYPHA;

EID: 77954176459     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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