Palaeowind patterns during the latest Jurassic-earliest Cretaceous in Gondwana: Evidence from aeolian cross-strata of the Botucatu Formation, Brazil

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 250, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 89-100

  Scherer, Claiton M S ^a   Goldberg, Karin ^a  

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

Author keywords

Aeolian dunes; Botucatu Formation; Gondwana; Megamonsoons; Palaeowinds; Paran Basin

Indexed keywords

CROSS SECTION; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GONDWANA; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLATITUDE; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

PARANA BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34249316150     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.02.018     Document Type: Article

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