Relationships among vegetation, geomorphology and hydrology in the Bananal Island tropical wetlands, Araguaia River basin, Central Brazil

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue , 2013, Pages 150-160

  Valente, C R ^a   Latrubesse, E M ^b   Ferreira, L G ^c  

^a Instituto Federal de Educacao Ciencia e Tecnologia de Goias   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Araguaia River; Bananal Island; Cerrado biome; Fluvial geomorphology; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOME; ECOTONE; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; HYDROLOGY; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LATERITE; MODIS; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION; WETLAND;

AMAZONIA; ARAGUAIA BASIN; BANANAL ISLAND; BRAZIL; TOCANTINS;

EID: 84882867322     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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