Peatlands of the Western Guayana Highlands, Venezuela : Properties and Paleogeographic Significance of Peats /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
2011.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2011. |
| Series: | Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis,
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Table of Contents:
- 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.