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Paleohydrology and Paleoclimate of the Past 33,000 Years at the Tamanduá River, Central Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Bruno Turcq ,
Marcia M.N. Pressinotti  and
Louis Martin
Bruno Turcq
Affiliation:
ORSTOM/UFF, Departamento de Geoquı́mica, Morro do Valonguinho s/n° 24020-007, NiteróI, RJ, Brazil
Marcia M.N. Pressinotti
Affiliation:
Instituto Geológico, SMA, C.P. 8772, 01065-970, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Louis Martin
Affiliation:
ORSTOM, Centre de Bondy, 72 Route d'Aulnay, 93140, Bondy CEDEX, France
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Abstract

Deposits of the Tamanduá River contain evidence for four major paleohydrologic stages in the last 33,000 years. A wet period between 33,000 and 20,00014C yr B.P. produced a high water table that allowed organic-rich deposition in the Tamanduá valley. A dry interval 17,000-10,00014C yr B.P. produced sandy deposits of braided channels and alluvial fans. River aggradation during this period probably resulted from a high sediment load promoted by intense slope erosion and from flash floods. A wet period after 10,000 and before 600014C yr B.P. was marked by reduced slope erosion and by high discharge that led to erosion of the valley fill. During that time forests developed widely in Brazil. A drier climate after 600014C yr B.P. caused a reduction of discharge but allowed a high water table to be maintained.

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Quaternary Research , Volume 47 , Issue 3 , May 1997 , pp. 284 - 294
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University of Washington

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