Architecture and stratigraphic framework of shelf sedimentary systems off Rio de Janeiro state, Northern Santos Basin-Brazil

Architecture and stratigraphic framework of shelf sedimentary systems off Rio de Janeiro state, Northern Santos Basin-Brazil

Seismic analysis of sparker lines of GEOMAR cruises allowed us to address a first stratigraphic scenario for the shallow sedimentary record (~300 msec) of the continental shelf off Rio de Janeiro State, northern Santos basin. Two sets of seismic sequences were identified and interpreted as a success...

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Main Authors: Renata Moreira da Costa Maia, Antonio Tadeu dos Reis, Eliane da Costa Alves, Cleverson Guizan Silva, Josefa Varela Guerra, Christian Gorini, Adalberto Silva, Rodrigo Arantes-Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2010-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Oceanography
Subjects:
Plataforma continental
Regressão forçada
Quaternário
Plioceno
Oscilações glacio-eustáticas
Margem continental leste brasileira
Continental shelf
Forced regression
Quaternary
Pliocene
Glacioeustatic oscillations
Eastern Brazilian Margin
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