A 2700 cal yr BP extreme flood event revealed by sediment accumulation in Amazon floodplains

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 415, Issue , 2014, Pages 175-182

  Moreira Turcq, P ^a   Turcq, B ^a   Moreira, L S ^b   Amorim, M ^b   Cordeiro, R C ^b   Guyot, J L ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Peru)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

2700 Before present; Abrupt event; Amazon basin; Climate extreme; Floodplain sedimentation; Paleohydrology

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; DISCHARGE; FLOODPLAIN; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; IRRADIANCE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; PALEOHYDROLOGY; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION;

AMAZON RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84910100138     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.07.037     Document Type: Article

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