Environmental changes in the western Amazonia: Morphological framework, geochemistry, palynology and radiocarbon dating data

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 863-874

  Horbe, Adriana Maria Coimbra ^a   Behling, Hermann ^b   Nogueira, Afonso C R ^c   Mapes, Russell ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Flooding plain; Holocene; Lacustrine environment; Paleovegetation; Pb isotopes

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; HEAVY METAL;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; METHODOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; POLLEN; RADIOMETRIC DATING; SEDIMENT;

BRAZIL; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; METALS, HEAVY; PALEONTOLOGY; POLLEN; RADIOMETRIC DATING;

EID: 80052059882     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: 16782690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0001-37652011005000030     Document Type: Article

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