Marine influence in the Barreiras Formation, State of Alagoas, northeastern Brazil

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 741-755

  Rossetti, Dilce F ^a   Góes, Ana M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Marine transgression; Miocene; Northeastern Brazil; Sedimentary structures; Tidal currents

Indexed keywords

OPHIOMORPHA NODOSA; PLANOLITES; SKOLITHOS;

EID: 70449093959     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: 16782690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0001-37652009000400012     Document Type: Article

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