A glacially incised canyon in Brazil: Further evidence for mid-ediacaran glaciation?

dc.contributor.authorMcGee, B.
dc.contributor.authorCollins, A.
dc.contributor.authorTrindade, R.
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractAlong the Serra Azul (Blue Mountains) in Brazil, a large (∼600-m) incision surface cuts into post-Marinoan cap carbonates and into the underlying glaciogenic diamictites of the Puga Formation. The paleovalley is filled with glaciomarine sediments, notably, massive diamictite with multiply striated sandstone and mudstone lonestones of the Serra Azul Formation. Using preexisting mapping, satellite imagery, isotopic data, and new stratigraphic sections, we delineate a paleovalley that we infer to be related to a combination of isostatic rebound due to glacial erosion and sea level fall at the time of the Gaskiers glaciation. The hypothesis that a significant glaciation at this time can be observed in the geological record is consistent with global evidence presented here.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityBen McGee, Alan S. Collins, and Ricardo I. F. Trindade
dc.identifier.citationThe Journal of Geology, 2013; 121(3):275-287
dc.identifier.doi10.1086/669979
dc.identifier.issn0022-1376
dc.identifier.issn1537-5269
dc.identifier.orcidCollins, A. [0000-0002-3408-5474]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/78423
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniv Chicago Press
dc.rights© 2013 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved.
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1086/669979
dc.titleA glacially incised canyon in Brazil: Further evidence for mid-ediacaran glaciation?
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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