Facies architecture in a tectonically influenced estuarine incised valley fill of Miocene age, northern Brazil

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 267-284

  Rossetti, Dilce F ^a   Santos Jr , Antônio E ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Facies analysis; Incised valleys; Miocene; Northern Brazil; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FACIES ANALYSIS; INCISED VALLEY; MIOCENE; VALLEY FILL;

CAPIM RIVER;

EID: 10644247458     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2004.08.003     Document Type: Article

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