Amazonia, Landscape and Species Evolution: A Look into the Past

Frontispiece......Page 3
Amazonia: landscape and species evolution: A look into the past......Page 7
Contents\n......Page 9
Dedication to Thomas van der Hammen......Page 11
List of contributors......Page 13
Prologue......Page 16
01 Introduction: Amazonia, landscape and species evolution......Page 19
PART I Tectonic processes as driving mechanisms for palaeogeographical and palaeoenvironmental evolution in Amazonia......Page 25
02 Geological evolution of the Amazonian Craton......Page 27
03 The Paleozoic Solimões and Amazonas basins and the Acre foreland basin of Brazil......Page 47
04 Tectonic history of the Andes and sub-Andean zones: implications for the development of the Amazon drainage basin......Page 56
05 Tectonic history of the Andes and sub-Andean zones: implications for the development of the Amazon drainage basin......Page 79
06 The Nazca Ridge and uplift of the Fitzcarrald Arch: implications for regional geology in northern South America......Page 107
PART II Cenozoic depositional systems in Amazonia......Page 119
07 The Amazonian Craton and its influence on past fluvial systems (Mesozoic-Cenozoic, Amazonia)......Page 121
08 The development of the Amazonian mega-wetland (Miocene; Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia)......Page 141
09 Marine influence in Amazonia: evidence from the geological record......Page 161
10 Megafan environments in northern South America and their impact on Amazon Neogene aquatic ecosystems......Page 180
11 Long-term landscape development processes in Amazonia......Page 203
PART III Amazonian climate, past and present......Page 217
12 Climate variation in Amazonia during the Neogene and the Quaternary......Page 219
13 Modelling the response of Amazonian climate to the uplift of the Andean mountain range......Page 245
14 Modern Andean rainfall variation during ENSO cycles and its impact on the Amazon drainage basin......Page 257
PART IV Cenozoic development of terrestrial and aquatic biota: insights from the fossil record......Page 277
15 A review of Tertiary mammal faunas and birds from western Amazonia......Page 279
16 Neogene crocodile and turtle fauna in northern South America......Page 293
17 The Amazonian Neogene fish fauna......Page 315
18 Amazonian aquatic invertebrate faunas (Mollusca, Ostracoda) and their development over the past 30 million years......Page 336
19 The origin of the modern Amazon rainforest: implications of the palynological and palaeobotanical record......Page 351
20 Biotic development of Quaternary Amazonia: a palynological perspective......Page 369
PART V Modern perspectives on the origin of Amazonian biota......Page 381
21 Contribution of current and historical processes to patterns of tree diversity and composition of the Amazon......Page 383
22 Composition and diversity of northwestern Amazonian rainforests in a geoecological context......Page 394
23 Diversification of the Amazonian flora and its relation to key geological and environmental events: a molecular perspective......Page 407
24 Molecular studies and phylogeography of Amazonian tetrapods and their relation to geological and climatic models......Page 420
25 Molecular signatures of Neogene biogeographical events in the Amazon fish fauna......Page 439
PART VI Synthesis......Page 453
26 On the origin of Amazonian landscapes and biodiversity: a synthesis......Page 455
Index......Page 467
Color Plates......Page 229