The changing course of the Amazon River in the Neogene: center stage for Neotropical diversification

JS Albert, P Val, C Hoorn - Neotropical Ichthyology, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
We review geological evidence on the origin of the modern transcontinental Amazon River,
and the paleogeographic history of riverine connections among the principal sedimentary …

Geology and geomorphology of the Pantanal basin

ML Assine, ER Merino, FN Pupim, LV Warren… - Dynamics of the …, 2016 - Springer
What is an inlier sedimentary basin? What are the main mechanisms of sedimentary
infilling? How do the depositional systems behave? And last, but certainly not the least, what …

Natural denudation versus anthropogenically accelerated erosion in Central Brazil: A confrontation of time and space scales

LL Siame, L Espíndola Rosa, LF Soares Cherem… - Earth's …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Land degradation resulting from increased continental surface erosion is a worldwide and
systemic phenomenon due to unsustainable human activities. Already fragile, the …

Stranded landscapes in the humid tropics: Earth's oldest land surfaces

PM Vasconcelos, KA Farley, J Stone… - Earth and Planetary …, 2019 - Elsevier
Defying common expectations, some of the oldest landscapes on Earth are found in the
humid tropics. 40 Ar/39 Ar dating shows that Fe-rich regolith that armors the∼ 700–1000 m …

Late Quaternary Cuiabá megafan, Brazilian Pantanal: channel patterns and paleoenvironmental changes

F do Nascimento Pupim, ML Assine… - Quaternary …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Brazilian Pantanal wetlands comprise some of the largest Quaternary
megafans in South America. The origin of these megafans has been linked to climate …

Plateau reduction by drainage divide migration in the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia defined by morphometry and 10Be terrestrial cosmogenic nuclides

L Struth, A Teixell, LA Owen… - Earth Surface Processes …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Catchment‐wide erosion rates were defined using 10Be terrestrial cosmogenic nuclides for
the Eastern Cordillera of the Colombian Andes to help determine the nature of drainage …

Two million years of river and cave aggradation in NE Brazil: Implications for speleogenesis and landscape evolution

FV Laureano, I Karmann, DE Granger, AS Auler… - Geomorphology, 2016 - Elsevier
This study characterizes and provides ages for an extensive sedimentary record occurring in
Lapa Doce and Torrinha caves, NE Brazil. With> 40 km of surveyed passages, these caves …

Investigating spatial contribution of land use types and land slope classes on soil erosion distribution under tropical environment

C Setyawan, CY Lee, M Prawitasari - Natural Hazards, 2019 - Springer
Increasing land occupancy for farming without conservation principles, particularly in the
Indonesian island of Java, is resulting in a severe erosion problem. This study investigated …

[HTML][HTML] Mass balances of major solutes, nutrients and particulate matter as water moves through the floodplains of the Pantanal (Paraguay River, Brazil)

MD Oliveira, DF Calheiros, SK Hamilton - RBRH, 2019 - SciELO Brasil
ABSTRACT In the upper Paraguay River basin, which includes the Pantanal, one of the
largest wetlands in the world, rivers connection the surrounding upland plateaus with …

Controls on the erosion of the continental margin of southeast Brazil from cosmogenic 10Be in river sediments

DH de Souza, FM Stuart, Á Rodés, FN Pupim… - Geomorphology, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Atlantic Ocean coast region of southeast Brazil contains two coast-parallel
mountain ranges (the Serra do Mar and Serra da Mantiqueira) generated by tectonic activity …