Late Quaternary sedimentation in the Paraíba Basin, Northeastern Brazil: Landform, sea level and tectonics in Eastern South America passive margin

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 300, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 191-204

  Rossetti, Dilce F ^a   Bezerra, Francisco H R ^b   Góes, Ana M ^c   Valeriano, Márcio M ^a   Andrades Filho, Clódis O ^a   Mittani, Juan C R ^d   Tatumi, Sonia H ^d   Brito Neves, Benjamim B ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d FACULDADE DE TECNOLOGIA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Landform; Luminescence dating; Neotectonics; Sea level; Sedimentary facies; South American passive margin; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DISSIPATION; EOLIAN PROCESS; FACIES; LAST INTERGLACIAL; LUMINESCENCE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; NEOTECTONICS; PASSIVE MARGIN; SEDIMENTATION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TORTONIAN; TRANSGRESSION;

BRAZIL; PARAIBA;

EID: 79551488796     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.12.026     Document Type: Article

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