Fluvial archive of peculiar avulsive fluvial patterns in the largest Quaternary intracratonic basin of tropical South America: The Bananal Basin, Central-Brazil

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 356-357, Issue , 2012, Pages 62-74

  Valente, C R ^a   Latrubesse, E M ^b  

^a Instituto Federal de Educacao Ciencia e Tecnologia de Goias   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Araguaia River; Bananal Basin; Central Brazil; Channel avulsion; Fluvial sedimentation; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; AVULSION; CERRADO; ECOTONE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; INTRACRATONIC BASIN; PALEOCHANNEL; PALEOHYDROLOGY; QUATERNARY;

ARAGUAIA RIVER; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84864825354     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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