The Amazon at sea: Onset and stages of the Amazon River from a marine record, with special reference to Neogene plant turnover in the drainage basin

• Published in: Global and planetary change Vol. 153; pp. 51 - 65
• Main Authors: Hoorn, Carina, Bogotá-A, Giovanni R., Romero-Baez, Millerlandy, Lammertsma, Emmy I., Flantua, Suzette G.A., Dantas, Elton L., Dino, Rodolfo, do Carmo, Dermeval A., Chemale, Farid
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.06.2017
• Subjects: Amazon River; Amazon submarine fan; Andes region; Brazil; coastal plains; Geochemistry; Grasses; hills; hinterland; Huperzia; Jamesonia; landscapes; lowland forests; microfossils; Miocene; montane forests; Palynology; Plantago; Poaceae; rivers; sediments; Valeriana; watersheds; Western Atlantic; Brazil; Andes region; Amazon River; Geochemistry; Palynology; Miocene; Grasses; Amazon submarine fan; Western Atlantic

The Amazon submarine fan is a large sediment apron situated offshore Pará (Brazil) and represents the most distal extent of the Amazon River. The age of onset of this transcontinental river remains debated, yet is of great importance for understanding biotic evolutionary processes on land and at sea...