Sedimentological and paleoenvironmental constraints of the Statherian and Stenian Espinhaco rift system, Brazil

Santos, Marcelo N.; Chemale, Farid; Dussin, Ivo A.; Martins, M; Assis, T.A.R; Jelinek, A.R; Guadagnin, F; Armstrong, Richard

Sedimentological and paleoenvironmental constraints of the Statherian and Stenian Espinhaco rift system, Brazil

Date

2013

Authors

Santos, Marcelo N.

Chemale, Farid

Dussin, Ivo A.

Martins, M

Assis, T.A.R

Jelinek, A.R

Guadagnin, F

Armstrong, Richard

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

The Espinhaço Basin in eastern Brazil contains depositional sequences developed in the São Francisco paleoplate and its margins. Detailed mapping was conducted and combined with U-Pb detrital zircon dating to determine the sedimentological-stratigraphic