An Upper Aptian saline pan/lake system from the Brazilian equatorial margin: Integration of facies and isotopes

Sedimentology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1303-1321

  Paz, Jackson D S ^a   Rossetti, Dilce F ^b,c   Macambira, Moacir J B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Evaporite; Isotope; Sedimentary facies; Strontium; Sulphur

Indexed keywords

APTIAN; DIAGENESIS; EVAPORITE; FACIES; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; SALINE LAKE; SEDIMENTATION; SUCCESSION;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33745271852     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2005.00744.x     Document Type: Article

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