Late Quaternary sedimentary dynamics in Western Amazonia: Implications for the origin of open vegetation/forest contrasts

Geomorphology

Volumn 177-178, Issue , 2012, Pages 74-92

  Rossetti, D F ^a   Bertani, T C ^a   Zani, H ^a   Cremon, E H ^a   Hayakawa, E H ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Depositional system; Late Quaternary; Open vegetation forest contrasts; Paleomorphology

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FOREST DYNAMICS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; QUATERNARY; VEGETATION;

AMAZONIA;

EID: 84868212734     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.07.015     Document Type: Article

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