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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Geociências (IGC) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Thomas Kenji Akabane holds a bachelor's degree in Geology (2016), a masters (2019), and a PhD (2024) in Geosciences (Geochemistry and Geotectonics) from the University of São Paulo. His research centers on vegetation dynamics and fire regimes, employing proxies such as palynology, microcharcoal, and geochemistry. He has conducted research in tropical South American environments, particularly the Amazon, and has also explored Cenozoic paleopalynology in southeastern Brazil. TKA work seeks to provide insights into past ecosystem responses to climate shifts across various geologic timeframes. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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During the late Pleistocene, several vegetation shifts occurred in the Amazon in response to the series of climatic oscillations that affected both hemispheres. Since the vegetation intrinsically relates to the climate, past climatic oscillations invariably affected plant communities. However, an open question remains concerning how and to what extent these interactions took place due to …
Digital Elevation Models comprise a group of products for storing spatially-related elevation values, and are the main source of data for geomorphometric analysis. The release of SRTM data resulted in an expressive growth of this research area, since such product is freely available to users, with near-global coverage, was acquired in a short time span and using a unique method. Since Dec…
Fire has been a key force in shaping landscapes in the tropics along with Quaternary climate changes. Despite its importance, millennial-scale interactions of fire, vegetation, and climate in Brazilian ecosystems are poorly known due to the scarcity of high-resolution Quaternary archives. Marine sediments collected off large drainage basins are excellent archives of continental environmen…
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