A striated pavement of the Late Paleozoic glaciation in Alfredo Wagner, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Authors

  • A. C Rocha Campos USP; IG; Departamento de Paleontologia e Estratigrafia
  • L. C. R Machado Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto; Curso de Pós-Graduação
  • P. R. dos Santos USP; IG; Departamento de Paleontologia e Estratigrafia
  • J. R Canuto USP; IG; Departamento de Paleontologia e Estratigrafia
  • J. C. de Castro Petrobrás

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-8986.v19i0p39-46

Abstract

Glacial striae and friction cracks (crescentic fractures, and lunate fractures or crescentic grooves) on a Precambrian granitic basement overlain by diamictites and shale of the Rio do Sul Formation are described from a road cut near Alfredo Wagner, central-south Santa Catarina State. The features indicate a SE-NW movement of the Late Paleozoic glacier in the area

References

Published

1988-01-01

Issue

Section

nao definida