Holocene palaeoenvironmental history of the Amazonian mangrove belt

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 55, Issue , 2012, Pages 50-58

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

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

C N; Carbon and nitrogen isotopes; Climatic changes; Northern Amazonia; Palynology; Sea level

Indexed keywords

AMAZONIA; C/N; CARBON AND NITROGEN; CLIMATIC CHANGES; PALYNOLOGY;

CARBON; ISOTOPES; SEA LEVEL; VEGETATION; WATER;

RIVERS;

CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE VARIATION; HOLOCENE; MANGROVE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CORE; VEGETATION HISTORY; WETLAND;

AMAZONIA;

EID: 84867908870     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.08.019     Document Type: Article

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