Amazonia: Landscape and Species Evolution: A Look into the PastISBN: 978-1-4051-8113-6
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464 pages
February 2010, Wiley-Blackwell
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List of contributors ix
Prologue xii
Thomas van der Hammen
1 Introduction: Amazonia, landscape and species evolution
1
Carina Hoorn and Frank P. Wesselingh
Part I Tectonic processes as driving mechanisms for palaeogeographical and palaeoenvironmental evolution in Amazonia.
2 Geological evolution of the Amazonian Craton 9
Salomon B. Kroonenberg and Emond W.F. de Roever
3 The Paleozoic Solimões and Amazonas basins and the Acre
foreland basin of Brazil 29
Joaquim Ribeiro Wanderley-Filho, Jaime Fernandes Eiras, Paulo
Roberto da Cruz Cunha and Paulus H. van der Ven
4 Tectonic history of the Andes and sub-Andean zones:
implications for the development of the Amazon drainage basin
38
Andres Mora, Patrice Baby, Martin Roddaz, Mauricio Parra,
Stéphane Brusset, Wilber Hermoza and Nicolas Espurt
5 Cenozoic sedimentary evolution of the Amazonian foreland basin
system 61
Martin Roddaz, Wilber Hermoza, Andres Mora, Patrice Baby,
Mauricio Parra, Frédéric Christophoul, Stéphane
Brusset and Nicolas Espurt
6 The Nazca Ridge and uplift of the Fitzcarrald Arch:
implications for regional geology in northern South America
89
Nicolas Espurt, Patrice Baby, Stéphane Brusset, Martin
Roddaz, Wilber Hermoza and Jocelyn Barbarand
Part II Cenozoic depositional systems in Amazonia.
7 The Amazonian Craton and its infl uence on past fl uvial
systems (Mesozoic-Cenozoic, Amazonia) 103
Carina Hoorn, Martin Roddaz, Rodolfo Dino, Emilio Soares,
Cornelius Uba, Diana Ochoa-Lozano and Russell Mapes
8 The development of the Amazonian mega-wetland (Miocene;
Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia) 123
Carina Hoorn, Frank P. Wesselingh, Jussi Hovikoski and Javier
Guerrero
9 Marine infl uence in Amazonia: evidence from the geological
record 143
Jussi Hovikoski, Frank P. Wesselingh, Matti Räsänen,
Murray Gingras and Hubert B. Vonhof
10 Megafan environments in northern South America and their
impact on Amazon Neogene aquatic ecosystems 162
M. Justin Wilkinson, Larry G. Marshall, John G. Lundberg and
Mikhail H. Kreslavsky
11 Long-term landscape development processes in Amazonia
185
Georg Irion and Risto Kalliola
Part III Amazonian climate, past and present.
12 Climate variation in Amazonia during the Neogene and the
Quaternary 201
Hubert B. Vonhof and Ron J.G. Kaandorp
13 Modelling the response of Amazonian climate to the uplift of
the Andean mountain range 211
Pierre Sepulchre, Lisa C. Sloan and Frédéric
Fluteau
14 Modern Andean rainfall variation during ENSO cycles and its
impact on the Amazon drainage basin 223
Bodo Bookhagen and Manfred R. Strecker
Part IV Cenozoic development of terrestrial and aquatic biota: insights from the fossil record.
15 A review of Tertiary mammal faunas and birds from western
Amazonia 245
Francisco Ricardo Negri, Jean Bocquentin-Villanueva, Jorge
Ferigolo and Pierre-Olivier Antoine
16 Neogene crocodile and turtle fauna in northern South America
259
Douglas Riff, Pedro Seyferth R. Romano, Gustavo Ribeiro Oliveira
and Orangel A. Aguilera
17 The Amazonian Neogene fi sh fauna 281
John G. Lundberg, Mark H. Sabaj Pérez, Wasila M. Dahdul and
Orangel A. Aguilera
18 Amazonian aquatic invertebrate faunas (Mollusca, Ostracoda)
and their development over the past 30 million years 302
Frank P. Wesselingh and Maria-Inês F. Ramos
19 The origin of the modern Amazon rainforest: implications of
the palynological and palaeobotanical record 317
Carlos Jaramillo, Carina Hoorn, Silane A.F. Silva, Fatima Leite,
Fabiany Herrera, Luis Quiroz, Rodolfo Dino and Luzia
Antonioli
20 Biotic development of Quaternary Amazonia: a palynological
perspective 335
Hermann Behling, Mark Bush and Henry Hooghiemstra
Part V Modern perspectives on the origin of Amazonian biota.
21 Contribution of current and historical processes to patterns
of tree diversity and composition of the Amazon 349
Hans ter Steege, ATDN (Amazon Tree Diversity Network: collective
author) and RAINFOR (The Amazon Forest Inventory Network:
collective author)
22 Composition and diversity of northwestern Amazonian
rainforests in a geoecological context 360
Joost F. Duivenvoorden and Alvaro J. Duque
23 Diversifi cation of the Amazonian fl ora and its relation to
key geological and environmental events: a molecular perspective
373
R. Toby Pennington and Christopher W. Dick
24 Molecular studies and phylogeography of Amazonian tetrapods
and their relation to geological and climatic models 386
Alexandre Antonelli, Adrián Quijada-Mascareñas, Andrew
J. Crawford, John M. Bates, Paúl M. Velazco and Wolfgang
Wüster
25 Molecular signatures of Neogene biogeographical events in the
Amazon fi sh fauna 405
Nathan R. Lovejoy, Stuart C. Willis and James S. Albert
Part VI Synthesis.
26 On the origin of Amazonian landscapes and biodiversity: a
synthesis 421
Frank P. Wesselingh, Carina Hoorn, Salomon B. Kroonenberg,
Alexandre Antonelli, John G. Lundberg, Hubert B. Vonhof and Henry
Hooghiemstra
Index 433
Color plate section is found facing p. 210
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