First report on new evidence for the occurrence of Podocarpus and possible human presence at the mouth of the Amazon during the Late-glacial
Palynological studies on late Quaternary lake sediments from the region of the Amazon estuary, 100 km north-east of Belém, Pará State, Brazil, enable reconstruction of lowland Amazonian rain forest during the Late-glacial and Holocene periods. Late-glacial forests included populations of Podocarpus...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. - Springer Science + Business Media. - 5(1996), 3, Seite 241-246 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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1996
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Vegetation History and Archaeobotany |
| Schlagworte: | Biological sciences Physical sciences Environmental studies |
| Zusammenfassung: | Palynological studies on late Quaternary lake sediments from the region of the Amazon estuary, 100 km north-east of Belém, Pará State, Brazil, enable reconstruction of lowland Amazonian rain forest during the Late-glacial and Holocene periods. Late-glacial forests included populations of Podocarpus which suggests a distinct climatic cooling. Ilex was abundant in the early Holocene. Records of the mangrove taxon, Rhizophora, indicate rapid Atlantic sea-level rise in the beginning of the Holocene. High charcoal representation may reflect the first arrival of Amerindians in the Amazon coastal area, probably about 10 800 B.P. |
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| ISSN: | 16176278 |