Depositional cyclicity and paleoecological variability in an outcrop of Rio Bonito formation, Early Permian, Paraná Basin, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 276-293

  Jasper, André ^a   Menegat, Rualdo ^b   Guerra Sommer, Margot ^b   Cazzulo Klepzig, Miriam ^b   de Souza, Paulo Alves ^b  

^a Museu de Ciencias Naturais   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

Early permian; Faciological analysis; Gondwana; Paleoecology; Palynology; Paran basin; Roof shale floras

Indexed keywords

ALGA; GONDWANA; OUTCROP; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; PERMIAN;

ALGAE; BOTRYCHIOPSIS; CORDAITES; EQUISETOPHYTA; FILICOPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; KATSUWONUS PELAMIS; LYCOPODIOPHYTA; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 33748753674     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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