Factors of paleosol formation in a Late Cretaceous eolian sand sheet paleoenvironment, Marília Formation, Southeastern Brazil

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 292, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 349-365

  Dal' Bó, Patrick Francisco Führ ^a   Basilici, Giorgio ^a   Angélica, Rômulo Simões ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bauru Basin; Eolian sand sheet; Late Cretaceous; Paleoclimate; Paleosols

Indexed keywords

ALFISOL; CARBONATE; CLAY; CRETACEOUS; EOLIAN PROCESS; LEACHING; MAASTRICHTIAN; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); ROOT SYSTEM; SAND; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MOISTURE;

BRAZIL; MARILIA; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL];

MARILIA;

EID: 78449233417     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.04.021     Document Type: Article

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