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      Paleochannels related to late quaternary sea-level changes in Southern Brazil

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          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 river-shelf 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.

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          A evolução geológica da plataforma continental e zona costeira do sul do Brasil no período Quaternário é aqui enfocada. Registros sísmicos de alta resolução da Lagoa dos Patos revelaram canais que dissecaram profundamente a região antes da formação da planície costeira atual. Dois períodos de incisão de canal são inferidos, baseados principalmente em registros sísmicos. Os cursos fluviais mapeados por sísmica podem ser conectados àqueles reconhecidos na plataforma continental adjacente por estudos anteriores. à montante, a incisão da drenagem ocorreu principalmente no prisma sedimentar costeiro depositado durante eventos pretéritos de nível do mar alto. A rede de paleodrenagem, reconhecida na planície costeira e na plataforma continental, representa um sistema de ligação da bacia de drenagem continental aos depocentros da bacia marginal, sobrepassando a plataforma continental exposta durante uma regressão forçada. A incisão da drenagem na planície costeira e plataforma continental do Rio Grande do Sul desempenhou um papel importante na arquitetura marginal, distribuição de fácies e no espaço de acomodação durante as flutuações do nível do mar no Quaternário.

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                Journal
                bjoce
                Brazilian Journal of Oceanography
                Braz. j. oceanogr.
                Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto Oceanográfico (São Paulo, SP, Brazil )
                1679-8759
                1982-436X
                2010
                : 58
                : spe2
                : 35-44
                Affiliations
                [02] Bahía Blanca orgnameInstituto Argentino de Oceanografia Argentina
                [01] Porto Alegre RS orgnameUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul orgdiv1Instituto de Geociências orgdiv2Centro de Estudos de Geologia Costeira e Oceânica Brasil
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                S1679-87592010000600005 S1679-8759(10)05800205
                10.1590/S1679-87592010000600005
                42079e4c-f7f6-4981-b735-a8bd6767778d

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

                History
                : 24 June 2009
                : 25 May 2010
                : 03 June 2009
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                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 29, Pages: 10
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                Patos Lagoon,Laguna dos Patos,Vales incisos,Evolução costeira,levantamento sísmico,incised valleys,coastal evolution,seismic survey

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