The wet desert system of the Upper Jurassic of the Parnaiba Basin, in the region between Formosa da Serra Negra and Montes Altos, Maranhão State, Brazil

The wet desert system of the Upper Jurassic of the Parnaiba Basin, in the region between Formosa da Serra Negra and Montes Altos, Maranhão State, Brazil

The Mesozoic was marked by significant geological changes, resulting of the Gonduanide Orogeny, which propitiated the implantation of desert systems concomitantly with expressive magmatic events. In Brazil, the record of these events is found in the central portion of the Parnaíba Basin, represented...

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Main Authors: Cleber Eduardo Neri Rabelo, Afonso César Rodrigues Nogueira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2015-12-01
Series:Geologia USP. Série Científica
Subjects:
Corda Formation
Jurassic
Parnaíba Basin
Facies analysis
Wet desert system
Online Access:http://www.revistas.usp.br/guspsc/article/view/110241

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