Point Bars in Ancient Fluvial Deposits: Examples in Geological Record of Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil;Barras em Pontal em Depósitos Fluviais Antigos: Exemplos no Registro Geológico Sul-rio-grandense

Pesquisas em Geociencias

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 77-88

  Scherer, Claiton M S ^a   Lavina, Luis E ^b   Fonseca, Mônica M ^a   de Oliveira Santos, Luís Alberto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

meandering channels; point bars; sedimentary process

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859282333     PISSN: 15182398     EISSN: 18079806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22456/1807-9806.20182     Document Type: Article

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