Transition of ephemeral palustrine to aeolian deposits in a continental arid - semi-arid environment (Upper Cretaceous Bauru Basin, Brazil)

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 605-614

  Fernandes, Luiz Alberto ^a   Basilici, Giorgio ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ara atuba Formation; Bauru Basin; Paleosols; Sand sheet; Upper Cretaceous; Vale do Rio do Peixe Formation

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EPHEMERAL LAKE; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEMIARID REGION; TECTONIC SETTING; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; UPLIFT;

BAURU BASIN; BRAZIL; RIBEIRA VALLEY; SOUTH AMERICA;

MARILIA;

EID: 64149115896     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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