Peatlands of the Western Guayana Highlands, Venezuela : Properties and Paleogeographic Significance of Peats - Zinck, Joseph Alfred; Huber, Otto.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2011)
Introduction -- Tropical and subtropical peats: an overview -- The Guayana region and the study areas: geo-ecological characteristics -- Tepui peatlands: setting and features -- Laboratory methods for characterization of peat materials -- Properties and classification of the tepui peats -- Tepui peatlands: age record and environmental changes -- Origin of organic matter leading to peat formation in the southeastern Guayana uplands and highlands -- Synthesis: the peatscape of the Guayana Highlands -- Appendix: Site and profile characteristics.
Keywords: Ecosystems; Geomorphology; Conservation biology; Ecology .; Plant ecology; Geobiology; Soil science; Soil conservation; Ecosystems; Geomorphology; Conservation Biology/Ecology.; Plant Ecology; Biogeosciences; Soil Science & Conservation