Late Cenozoic sedimentary sequences in Acre state, southwestern Amazonia: Fluvial or tidal? Deductions from the IGCP 449 fieldtrip

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 120-134

  Westaway, Rob ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MIOCENE; PLIOCENE; RIVER SYSTEM; RIVER TERRACE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; UPLIFT;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; MADEIRA; PORTUGAL; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33747193202     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2005.08.004     Document Type: Article

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