Geochemistry and sedimentary provenance of the Upper Cretaceous Uberaba Formation (Southeastern Triângulo Mineiro, MG, Brazil)

Geochemistry and sedimentary provenance of the Upper Cretaceous Uberaba Formation (Southeastern Triângulo Mineiro, MG, Brazil)

ABSTRACT: The campanian Uberaba Formation, which crops out around the homonymous town, is composed of greenish lithic sandstones and conglomerates with possible volcanoclastic contribution. In this unit, heavy minerals such as ilmenite, garnet, perovskite and magnetite, besides clinopyroxene, plagio...

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Main Authors: Dennis Arthuso Quintão, Fabrício de Andrade Caxito, Joachim Karfunkel, Florence Rodrigues Vieira, Hildor José Seer, Lúcia Castanheira de Moraes, Luiz Carlos Borges Ribeiro, Antônio Carlos Pedrosa-Soares
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Geologia
Series:Brazilian Journal of Geology
Subjects:
Uberaba Formation
Alkaline magmatism
Triângulo Mineiro
Provenance
Upper Cretaceous
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2317-48892017000200159&lng=en&tlng=en

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