Late Holocene paleoenvironmental changes in Northeast Brazil recorded by organic matter in lacustrine sediments of Lake Boqueirao

• Main Authors: Zocatelli, R., Turcq, Bruno, Boussafir, M., Cordeiro, R. C., Disnar, J. R., Costa, R. L., Sifeddine, Abdelfettah, Albuquerque, A.L.S., Bernardes, M.C., Jacob, J.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Rock-Eval; Organic petrography; Macrophytes; Algal; Intertropical convergence; Lower Lake; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010058164

Northeast Brazil represents a key area in terms of Holocene environmental changes in South America due to its distinct semi-arid climate at near equatorial latitudes as well as to a wetter Early and Middle Holocene paleoclimate in comparison with other South America regions, which also experienced a...