Evolution of the Suriname coastal environment and implications for the arrival of Amazon River sediment in the Guianas

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Gersie, K. S., Verreussel, R., Dantas, E. L., Santos, R. V., Roddaz, M., Bogotá-Ángel, R. G., Hooghiemstra, H., Plata-Torres, A., Van Den Hil, H., Rijsdijk, K. F., Van Balen, R., & Hoorn, C. (2026). Evolution of the Suriname coastal environment and implications for the arrival of Amazon River sediment in the Guianas. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 699, 113967. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2026.113967

This paper comes from the recently defended PhD thesis of Kathleen Gersie (VU Amsterdam). During her PhD Kathleen spent many hours working on her pollen identifications in the Palaeoecology Laboratory at the University of Amsterdam. To read the full thesis follow the link below:

Gersie, K. S. (2026). Paleoenvironmental analysis of the Suriname River and the coastal area, northeastern South America: Reconstructing the environmental change and coastal dynamics from the Paleogene to the present of the Suriname coastal area, northeastern South America [PhD Thesis, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam]. https://doi.org/10.5463/thesis.1718