Tsunamiites-Conceptual Descriptions and a Possible Case at the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary in the Pernambuco Basin, Northeastern Brazil

Tsunamiites - Features and Implications

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 217-250

  Albertao G A ^a,b   Martins, P P ^c   Marini, F ^d  

^a PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^b IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-51552-0.00014-X     Document Type: Chapter

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