Late Miocene onset of the Amazon River and the Amazon deep-sea fan: Evidence from the Foz do Amazonas Basin

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 619-622

  Figueiredo, J ^a,b   Hoorn, C ^c   van der Ven, P ^b   Soares, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMAZON RIVER; AMAZONIA; CARBONATE PLATFORMS; CONTINENTAL BASINS; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DEEP SEA FAN; DEPOSITIONAL EVENT; EXPLORATION WELLS; GLOBAL COOLING; LATE MIOCENE; LATE PLIOCENE; PLIOCENE; PROTEROZOIC BASEMENT; SEA-LEVEL; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SHAPE AND SIZE; SILICICLASTIC SEDIMENTS; THREE STAGES; WELL LOG DATA;

RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; WELL LOGGING;

SEDIMENTATION;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CONTINENTAL SHELF; EXPLORATION; MIOCENE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PLIOCENE; SEDIMENTATION; SUBMARINE FAN; WELL LOGGING;

AMAZON RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

GORGONACEA;

EID: 69649092959     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25567A.1     Document Type: Article

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