Controlled excavations in the Romualdo Member of the Santana Formation (Early Cretaceous, Araripe Basin, northeastern Brazil): Stratigraphic, palaeoenvironmental and palaeoecological implications

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 218, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 145-160

  Fara, Emmanuel ^a   Saraiva, Antônio Á F ^b   Campos, Diógenes De Almeida ^c   Moreira, João K R ^b   Siebra, Daniele De Carvalho ^b   Kellner, Alexander W A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b REGIONAL UNIVERSITY OF CARIRI   (Brazil)

^c Natl Dept of Mineral Production   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Carbonate concretions; Cretaceous; Palaeoecology; Santana Formation; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE ROCK; CONCRETION; PALEOCURRENT; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ARARIPE BASIN; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALBIA; BRANNERION; CALAMOPLEURUS; CLADOCYCLUS; ENNELES; NOTELOPS; TETRAPODA; THARRHIAS; VERTEBRATA; VINCTIFER;

EID: 13844315908     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.12.012     Document Type: Article

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