Facies, δ13C, δ15N and C/N analyses in a late Quaternary compound estuarine fill, northern Brazil and relation to sea level

Marine Geology

Volumn 274, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 135-150

  Castro, Darciléa Ferreira ^a   Rossetti, Dilce de Fátima ^b   Ruiz Pessenda, Luiz Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Estuarine setting; Isotopes; Late Quaternary; Relative sea level; Sedimentary facies

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPOSITS; DROPS; ESTUARIES; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; PHYTOPLANKTON; REMOTE SENSING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

CROSS STRATIFICATIONS; ESTUARINE SETTINGS; LATE QUATERNARY; MID TO LATE HOLOCENE; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; REMOTE SENSING INFORMATION; SEDIMENTARY EVOLUTION; SEDIMENTARY FACIES;

SEA LEVEL;

CARBON ISOTOPE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FACIES; FLOODPLAIN; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LAMINATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLEISTOCENE; QUATERNARY; REMOTE SENSING; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STRATIFICATION; TIDAL CHANNEL; TIDAL FLAT; TIDAL INLET; TRANSGRESSION;

BRAZIL; MARAJO ISLAND; PARA [BRAZIL];

EID: 77954861120     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2010.03.011     Document Type: Article

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