The use of piezocone tests for high-resolution stratigraphy of Quaternary sediment sequences in the Brazilian coast

Correlations between mapping units of costal sedimentary basin and interpretation of piezocone test results are presented and discussed based on examples from Caravelas strandplain, (State of Bahia), Paranaguá (State of Paraná) and Guarujá bays (State of São Paulo), Brazil. Recognizing that the sedi...

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Main Authors: Giuliano de Mio, Heraldo L. Giacheti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2007-03-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652007000100017