High-Frequency Sequences in the Quaternary of Pelotas Basin (coastal plain): a record of degradational stacking as a function of longer-term base-level fall

MLCC Rosa, EG Barboza, VS Abreu… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
The aim of this work was to analyze the sedimentary record of the coastal plain of Pelotas
Basin, placing it in the context of temporal and spatial scales, and proposing a stratigraphic …

Reviewing sedimentological and hydrodynamic data of large shallow coastal lagoons for defining mud depocenters as environmental monitoring sites

EC Bortolin, J Weschenfelder, EH Fernandes… - Sedimentary …, 2020 - Elsevier
We reviewed historical data on surface sediment composition/distribution and
hydrodynamics of the Patos-Mirim lagoonal system, the largest coastal shallow limnological …

Geomorphological and stratigraphic evolution of a fluvial incision in the coastal plain and inner continental shelf in southern Brazil

EG Barboza, SR Dillenburg, RP Lopes, MLCC Rosa… - Marine Geology, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper describes the evolution of a sector of the southern coastal plain of the Pelotas
Basin, southern Brazil, between the last Pleistocene sea-level lowstand and the Holocene …

Sandy barrier overstepping and preservation linked to rapid sea level rise and geological setting

JAG Cooper, AN Green, RP Meireles, AHF Klein… - Marine Geology, 2016 - Elsevier
In an era of global rising sea level, quantifying future shoreline behaviour is a key societal
concern. The potential for dramatic shoreline change via overstepping or barrier …

Geological controls on the geometry of incised‐valley fills: Insights from a global dataset of late‐Quaternary examples

R Wang, L Colombera, NP Mountney - Sedimentology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Incised valleys that develop due to relative sea‐level change are common features of
continental shelves and coastal plains. Assessment of the factors that control the geometry …

Onshore-offshore trends in the temporal resolution of molluscan death assemblages: how age-frequency distributions reveal Quaternary sea-level history

M Do Nascimento Ritter, F Erthal, MA Kosnik… - …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Surficial shell accumulations from shallow marine settings are typically averaged over
centennial-to-millennial time scales and dominated by specimens that died in the most …

The use of Benthic Terrain Modeler (BTM) in the characterization of continental shelf habitats

N De Oliveira, AC Bastos, V da Silva Quaresma… - Geo-Marine Letters, 2020 - Springer
We applied a combined approach of benthic terrain modelling with sediment type
distribution, using regional available data sets in order to map the distribution of seabed …

The use of microplastics as a reliable chronological marker of the Anthropocene onset in Southeastern South America

FL Alves, LM Pinheiro, C Bueno, VO Agostini… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) represent an emergent contamination marker. For this reason, we
analyzed the vertical distribution of MPs in six sediment cores retrieved from the Patos-Mirim …

Late Quaternary incised and infilled landforms in the shelf of the northern Adriatic Sea (Italy)

L Ronchi, A Fontana, A Correggiari, A Asioli - Marine Geology, 2018 - Elsevier
The northern Adriatic shelf is punctuated by the presence of several incised and filled
features that have been revealed by the offshore seismic and stratigraphic surveys carried …

Late Quaternary aggradation rates and stratigraphic architecture of the southern Po Plain, Italy

L Bruno, A Amorosi, P Severi, B Costagli - Basin Research, 2017 - earthdoc.org
The P o R iver B asin, where accumulation and preservation of thick sedimentary packages
are enhanced by high rates of tectonic subsidence, represents an ideal site to assess the …