Sedimentological and provenance response to Cambrian closure of the Clymene ocean: The upper Alto Paraguai Group, Paraguay belt, Brazil

Gondwana Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 323-340

  Bandeira, José ^a   McGee, Ben ^b   Nogueira, Afonso C R ^a   Collins, Alan S ^b,c   Trindade, Ricardo ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alto Paraguai Group; Foreland basin; Neoproterozoic Cambrian; Paraguay belt; Provenance

Indexed keywords

FACIES ANALYSIS; GONDWANA; LAMINATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TRANSGRESSION;

BRAZIL; PARAGUAY BELT;

EID: 84856221837     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2011.04.006     Document Type: Article

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