Anatomy and controlling factors of a Late Cretaceous Aeolian sand sheet: The Marília and the Adamantina formations, NW Bauru Basin, Brazil

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 226, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 71-93

  Basilici, Giorgio ^a   Führ Dal' Bó, Patrick Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aeolian bounding surfaces; Aeolian sand sheet; Bauru Basin; Climatic cycles; Late Cretaceous; Palaeosols

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CYCLE; CONGLOMERATE; CRETACEOUS; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; FACIES ANALYSIS; FLOOD DEPOSIT; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MUDSTONE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; PRESERVATION; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SOIL EROSION; SUBSIDENCE;

BAURU BASIN; BRAZIL;

MARILIA;

EID: 77952956067     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.02.010     Document Type: Article

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