Lacustrine records of Holocene flood pulse dynamics in the Upper Paraguay River watershed (Pantanal wetlands, Brazil)

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 285-294

  McGlue, Michael M ^a   Silva, Aguinaldo ^b   Zani, Hiran ^c   Corradini, Fabrício A ^d   Parolin, Mauro ^e   Abel, Erin J ^a   Cohen, Andrew S ^a   Assine, Mario L ^f   Ellis, Geoffrey S ^g   Trees, Mark A ^a   Kuerten, Sidney ^h   Gradella, Frederico dos Santos ⁱ   Rasbold, Giliane Gessica ^e  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^e Laboratório de Estudos Paleoambientais da Fecilcam LEPAFE   (Brazil)

^f SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^g DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO OESTE DO PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Flood pulse; Floodplain lakes; Paleolimnology; Pantanal wetlands; Upper Paraguay River

Indexed keywords

FLOOD PULSE; FLOODPLAIN LAKES; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PANTANAL WETLAND; PARAGUAY;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); BIODIVERSITY; DYNAMICS; LAKES; METHANE; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

WETLANDS;

FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE LEVEL; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; WETLAND;

PANTANAL; PARAGUAY RIVER;

EID: 84865380808     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2012.05.015     Document Type: Article

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