Paleoclimatic interpretations from pedogenic calcretes in a Maastrichtian semi-arid eolian sand-sheet palaeoenvironment: Marília Formation (Bauru Basin, southeastern Brazil)

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 659-675

  Dal' Bó, Patrick Francisco Führ ^a   Basilici, Giorgio ^a   Angelica, Rômulo Simões ^b   Ladeira, Francisco Sérgio Bernardes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bauru Basin; Eolian sand sheet; Maastrichtian; Paleoclimate; Pedogenic calcrete

Indexed keywords

CALCRETE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; MAASTRICHTIAN; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEMIARID REGION;

BAURU BASIN; BRAZIL; MONTE ALTO; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

MARILIA;

EID: 64149103138     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

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