Holocene coastal vegetation changes at the mouth of the Amazon River

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-30

  Smith, Clarisse Beltrão ^a   Cohen, Marcelo Cancela Lisboa ^a   Pessenda, Luiz Carlos Ruiz ^b   França, Marlon Carlos ^a   Guimarães, José Tasso Felix ^a   Rossetti, Dilce de Fátima ^c   Lara, Rubén José ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b São Paulo University C Laboratory   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

Amazon region; Climatic change herbaceous vegetation; Mangrove; Palynology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; COASTAL ZONE; DRAINAGE BASIN; EUSTACY; HERB; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MANGROVE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENT CORE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WETLAND;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; MARAJO ISLAND; PARA [BRAZIL];

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 80054101454     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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