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Title: A multiproxy palaeoecological record of Holocene lake sediments from the Rio Tapajós, eastern Amazonia
Authors: Irion, Georg
Bush, Mark B.
Nunes de Mello, José Alberto S.
Stüben, Doris
Neumann, Thomas
Müller, German O.
Morais de, J. O.
Junk, W J
Keywords: Environmental Change
Holocene
Lacustrine Deposit
Paleoecology
Sea Level
Sediment Core
South America
Tapajos River
Cecropia
Poaceae
Issue Date: 2006
metadata.dc.publisher.journal: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: Volume 240, Número 3-4, Pags. 523-535
Abstract: Two sediment cores up to 42 m in length were raised from the wide, deep, section of the lower Tapajós River, Amazonia, referred to as Lago Tapajós. These cores reveal a history of subtle environmental change that began with the formation of Lago Tapajós as sea level rose about 11,000 years ago. The sediments of the lake were deposited fairly quickly-at a rate of ca. 4 m per millennium and are uniformly fine grained, with low organic content. The fossil pollen record derived from these sediments reveals that forest surrounded this site throughout the Holocene. The largest change in the core took place between ca. 5500 and 4200 cal. years BP and reflects a transition from coarser to finer sediments. Coincident with the change in sediment is a slight transition in the pollen spectra with an increase in Poaceae abundance at the expense of the pioneer tree Cecropia cecropia. A tentative explanation is offered in which increased human activity, possibly spurred by climatic change, resulted in the formation of some local grasslands. However, despite the apparent actions of humans, there is no indication of basin-wide transformation of landscapes in this record. The Holocene persistence of forest as the dominant landscape matrix around Lago Tapajós is supported by low δ13C values and by the constant geochemistry and mineralogy of the lake sediments. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.03.005
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