Sedimentary cycles and facies architecture of aeolian-fluvial strata of the Upper Jurassic Guará Formation, southern Brazil

Sedimentology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1323-1341

  Scherer, Claiton M S ^a   Lavina, Ernesto L C ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fluvial aeolian interaction; Sedimentary cycles; Southern Paran Basin; Upper Jurassic

Indexed keywords

DUNE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; FACIES; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; JURASSIC; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

BRAZIL; RIO GRANDE DO SUL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33646250300     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2005.00746.x     Document Type: Article

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