Stratigraphic evolution of a fluvial-eolian succession: The example of the Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous Guará and Botucatu formations, Paraná Basin, Southernmost Brazil

Gondwana Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 475-484

  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

Climate change; Fluvial eolian deposits; Southern Paran Basin; Upper Jurassic

Indexed keywords

BRAIDED RIVER; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONGLOMERATE; DEPOCENTER; DEPOSITION VELOCITY; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; DUNE FIELD; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; OUTCROP; PALEOCLIMATE; SANDSTONE;

PARANA BASIN;

EID: 33646256806     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2005.12.002     Document Type: Article

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