Stratigraphy and facies architecture of the fluvial-aeolian-lacustrine Sergi Formation (Upper Jurassic), Recôncavo Basin, Brazil

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 194, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 169-193

  Scherer, Claiton M S ^a   Lavina, Ernesto L C ^b   Dias Filho, Dorval C ^c   Oliveira, Flávio M ^c   Bongiolo, Daniela E ^a   Aguiar, Eduardo S ^b  

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

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

^c PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Continental sequence stratigraphy; Reconcavo Basin; Upper Jurassic

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; JURASSIC; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

BAHIA; BRAZIL; RECONCAVO BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33846170515     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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