INVESTIGADORES
ALIOTTA Salvador
artículos
Título:
Paleochannels related to late quaternary sea-level changes in southern Brazil
Autor/es:
WESCHENFELDER, J; CORRÊA, I; ALIOTTA, S.; BAITELLI, R.
Revista:
BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF OCEANOGRAPHY
Editorial:
INST OCEANOGRAFICO
Referencias:
Año: 2010 p. 35 - 44
ISSN:
1679-8759
Resumen:
REVISTA INDIZADA (ISI 2014, THOMSON REUTERS).............................
The geological evolution of the continental shelf and in the coastal zone of southern Brazil during the
Quaternary period is addressed in this study. High-resolution seismic records obtained at the Patos
Lagoon revealed the presence of channels that deeply dissected the coastal zone before the formation
of the modern, low-relief, coastal plain. Two periods of channel incision are inferred, based mainly
on seismic records. The paleodrainage paths mapped from the seismic records can be connected with
those recognized by previous studies on the adjacent continental shelf and slope. Upstream, the
drainage incised mainly into the coastal prism deposited during previous sea-level highstand events.
The paleodrainage network, recognized on the coastal plain and continental shelf, represents a rivershelf
system, linking the drainage basin to the depositional settings on the marginal basin, bypassing
the continental shelf exposed during a forced regression event. The drainage incised into the coastal
plain and continental shelf of Rio Grande do Sul played an important role in the basin-margin
architecture, facies distribution and accommodation during the Quaternary sea-level fluctuations.