Amazonian dark earths: The first century of reports

Amazonian Dark Earths: Wim Sombroek's Vision

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-14

  Woods, W I ^a   Denevan, W M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9031-8_1     Document Type: Chapter

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