Megafan Environments in Northern South America and their Impact on Amazon Neogene Aquatic Ecosystems

Amazonia, Landscape and Species Evolution: A Look into the Past

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 162-184

  Wilkinson, M Justin ^a   Marshall, Larry G ^b   Lundberg, John G ^c   Kreslavsky, Mikhail H ^d  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b Arizona Museum of Natural History   (United States)

^c Academy of Natural Sciences   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aripuan palaeo megafan; Deltas, fluvial components of Neogene Pebas landscapes; Landscape development model in Neogene Amazonia; Landscape evolution and biodiversity implications; Megafan environments in northern South America and Amazon neogene aquatic ecosystem impact; Megafans mesoscale, with continental depositional features; Megafans and palaeogeographical reconstruction; Megafans, partial cones of river laid sediment of wide extent and low slope; Putative regional lowland landscapes major phases of fluvial aggradation; SRTM (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission) digital topographic Earth data

Indexed keywords

EID: 84987692225     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444306408.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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