Reconstruction of the Amazon Basin Effective Moisture Availability over the Past 14,000 Years
- 22 December 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 290 (5500) , 2285-2287
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.290.5500.2285
Abstract
Quantifying the moisture history of the Amazon Basin is essential for understanding the cause of rain forest diversity and its potential as a methane source. We reconstructed the Amazon River outfl...Keywords
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