Distinct styles of fluvial deposition in a Cambrian rift basin

Sedimentology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 881-914

  Santos, Maurício G M ^a,b   Almeida, Renato P ^a   Godinho, Lucas P S ^a   Marconato, André ^a   Mountney, Nigel P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axial fluvial systems; Camaqu Basin; Cambrian; Depositional architecture; Distributive fluvial systems; Pre vegetation; Rift basin

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DEPOSITS; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

CAMBRIANS; FLUVIAL SYSTEMS; INFLUENCE OF VEGETATIONS; PRE VEGETATIONS; RIFT BASIN; SEDIMENTARY ARCHITECTURE; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; STRATIGRAPHIC ARCHITECTURE;

VEGETATION;

CAMBRIAN; DEPOSITION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; RIFT ZONE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; TECTONIC SETTING;

BRAZIL; CAMAQUA BASIN; RIO GRANDE DO SUL;

EID: 84900525230     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sed.12074     Document Type: Article

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