Depositional, diagenetic and stratigraphic aspects of microfacies from Riachuelo Formation, Albian, Sergipe Basin, Brazil

• Published in: Geologia USP. Série Científica
• Main Authors: Caio Vinícius Gabrig Turbay, Pedro De Cesero ( in memoriam ), Antônio Jorge Vasconcelos Garcia, Raisa Carvalho Silva
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Portuguese
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2013
• Subjects: Sergipe Basin; Riachuelo Formation; Albian; Microfacies; Geology; QE1-996.5; Whit; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5327/Z1519-874X201300040002; https://doaj.org/article/76b77d0ac11c4bdc8014248eb2b87ca3

The rocks of the Riachuelo Formation, Sergipe Basin, Brazil, represent an example of carbonate sedimentation related to the drift phase during the opening of the South Atlantic Ocean. The Carapeba and Brejo quarries exhibit the best onshore outcrops of the drift carbonate section along the Brazilian...