Late Pleistocene and Holocene vegetation changes in northeastern Brazil determined from carbon isotopes and charcoal records in soils

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 297, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 597-608

  Pessenda, Luiz Carlos Ruiz ^a   Gouveia, Susy Eli Marques ^a   Ribeiro, Adauto de Souza ^b   De Oliveira, Paulo Eduardo ^c   Aravena, Ramon ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

^c GUARULHOS UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Climate; Late Pleistocene and Holocene; Northeastern Brazil; Soil organic matter; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CHARCOAL; CLIMATE VARIATION; FOREST FIRE; HOLOCENE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LATITUDE; PALEOBOTANY; PLEISTOCENE; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION HISTORY;

BRAZIL; CEARA; PARAIBA; PIAUI;

EID: 78049306544     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.09.008     Document Type: Article

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