Linking lacustrine cycles with syn-sedimentary tectonic episodes: An example from the Codó Formation (late Aptian), northeastern Brazil

Geological Magazine

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 269-285

  Paz, J D S ^a   Rossetti, D F ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cyclic sedimentation; Evaporites; Lake system; Late Aptian; Syn sedimentary tectonics

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; LAKES; LIME; OIL SHALE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; WATER LEVELS;

BRAZIL; CYCLIC SEDIMENTATION; EVAPORITES; LAKE SYSTEMS; LATE APTIAN;

SHALE;

APTIAN; CRETACEOUS; SYNSEDIMENTARY TECTONICS;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 23644459817     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756805000488     Document Type: Article

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