PALEOENVIRONMENTAL MODEL FOR THE LATE CENOZOIC OF SOUTHWESTERN AMAZONIA: PALEONTOLOGY AND GEOLOGY

PALEOENVIRONMENTAL MODEL FOR THE LATE CENOZOIC OF SOUTHWESTERN AMAZONIA: PALEONTOLOGY AND GEOLOGY

Our study provides paleontological and geological data substantiating a paleoenvironmental model for the upper Miocene-Pliocene of Southwestern Amazonia. The extensive Late Tertiary sediments of The Solimões Formation, outcropping in Southwestern Amazonia, were deposited by a complex megafan system,...

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Main Authors: Edgardo Μ. LATRUBESSE, Jean BOCQUENTIN, José Carlos R. SANTOS, Carlos G. RAMONELL
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia 1997-06-01
Series:Acta Amazonica
Subjects:
Amazonia
Sedimentary model
Megafan
Vertebrate Paleontology
Mio-Pliocene
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59671997000200103&tlng=en

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