Geology and Geomorphology of the Coastal Plain of Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil and Northern Uruguay |
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aeolian área arkosic basalt beaches Botucatu Brazil caliche canal at Rio Chuí formation climate coast coastal plain Coastal Studies coastwise Coronilla Coxilha dos Lombos crystalline rocks Delaney delta deposits dune fields Estado flat formação formed fossils Geogr Geol Geologia geologic history glacial Graxaim formation Guaiba estuary headlands heavy minerals Ilha dos Lobos Inst Itapoã formation Jacuí Jurassic kaolinite Lagoa dos Barros Lagoa dos Patos Lagoa Mirim lagoons laterite laterite numbers LEINZ Litoral Lombos fault Mampituba Miocene northern Uruguay older Pleistocene outcrop Palmar Patrick J. V. Paulo Pelotas basin Petrobas Photo physiographic plain of Rio planície costeira Plate Pleistocene Pleistocene terrace Porto Alegre present quartz sand Quaternary Recent Rio de Janeiro Rio Grande sambaquís sandstone São Paulo sea level Sediment characteristics sediments SENA SOBRINHO Serra de Tapes Southern Brazil square kilometers Strat stratigraphic streams Tapes laterite Urug Uruguay valley western margin x x x x x zone