The last mangroves of Marajó Island - Eastern Amazon: Impact of climate and/or relative sea-level changes

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 187, Issue , 2012, Pages 50-65

  França, Marlon C ^a,b   Francisquini, Mariah I ^c   Cohen, Marcelo C L ^a   Pessenda, Luiz C R ^c   Rossetti, Dilce F ^d   Guimarães, José T F ^a   Smith, Clarisse B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b Federal Institute of Education Science and Technology of Pará   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon coast; Climate; Holocene; Palynology; Sea level; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FACIES; HOLOCENE; MANGROVE; MUDFLAT; PALEOBOTANY; PALYNOLOGY; RAINFOREST; RIVER WATER; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CORE; TIDAL CYCLE;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); BRAZIL; MARAJO ISLAND; PARA [BRAZIL];

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84867772065     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2012.08.007     Document Type: Article

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