Provenance of Albian sandstones in the São Luís-Grajaú Basin (northern Brazil) from evidence of Pb-Pb zircon ages, mineral chemistry of tourmaline and palaeocurrent data

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 201, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 21-42

  Nascimento, Marivaldo dos Santos ^a   Góes, Ana Maria ^b   Macambira, Moacir José Buenano ^a   Brod, José Affonso ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Detrital zircon; Palaeocurrent; Provenance; S o Lu s Graja Basin; Tourmaline chemistry

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; ARCHEAN; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HEAVY MINERAL; LEAD-LEAD DATING; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; MINERALOGY; PALEOCURRENT; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; TOURMALINE; ZIRCON;

BRAZIL; MARANHAO; SAO LUIS-GRAJAU BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34548297794     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2007.04.005     Document Type: Article

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