The Development of the Amazonian Mega-Wetland (Miocene; Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia)

Amazonia: Landscape and Species Evolution: A look into the past

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 123-142

  Hoorn, Carina ^a   Wesselingh, Frank P ^b   Hovikoski, Jussi ^c,d   Guerrero, Javier ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Amazonian mega wetland Miocene, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia; Amazonian Miocene mega wetland; Fluvio tidal wetland and early Amazon River; Middle to Late Miocene record at Santa Rosa de Pichana (Pebas Formation) depositional cycles and shallowing phases; Pebas and Solim es Formations wide geographic distribution; Solim es Formation based on Companhia de Pesquisa de Recursos Minerais (CPRM); Terciario Inferior Amazonico (TIA) or 'Paleogene' (E Stm code on map); Western Amazonia, fluvial systems originating on Amazonian Craton; Wetland and mega wetland; Wetland development during Neogene in Amazonia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886193843     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444306408.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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