Unusual thick eolian sand sheet sedimentary succession: Paleoproterozoic Bandeirinha Formation, Minas Gerais

ABSTRACTSome present-day eolian sand sheets have small and width dunes, called zibars, as common type of depositional morphology. Their formation is related to different stabilizing factors, which reduce the availability of clastic materials for eolian processes. In fact, zibars are dunes which do n...

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Main Authors: Fábio Simplicio, Giorgio Basilici
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Geologia
Series:Brazilian Journal of Geology
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