The Volta Grande do Xingu: reconstruction of past environments and forecasting of future scenarios of a unique Amazonian fluvial landscape

The Xingu River is a large clearwater river in eastern Amazonia and its downstream sector, known as the Volta Grande do Xingu ("Xingu Great Bend"), is a unique fluvial landscape that plays an important role in the biodiversity, biogeochemistry and prehistoric and historic peopling of Amazo...

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Main Authors: A. O. Sawakuchi, G. A. Hartmann, H. O. Sawakuchi, F. N. Pupim, D. J. Bertassoli, M. Parra, J. L. Antinao, L. M. Sousa, M. H. Sabaj Pérez, P. E. Oliveira, R. A Santos, J. F. Savian, C. H. Grohmann, V. B. Medeiros, M. M. McGlue, D. C. Bicudo, S. B. Faustino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2015-12-01
Series:Scientific Drilling
Online Access:http://www.sci-dril.net/20/21/2015/sd-20-21-2015.pdf