Paleogeographic changes of the successions in cores TADP-AC-01 and TADP-MA-01

• Grant number: 24/01506-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: March 01, 2024
• End date: July 31, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Geosciences - Geology
• Principal Investigator: Renato Paes de Almeida
• Grantee: Isaac Salém Alves Azevedo Bezerra
• Host Institution: Instituto de Geociências (IGC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 18/23899-2 - Trans-Amazon Drilling Project: origin and evolution of the forests, climate, and hydrology of the South American tropics, AP.PFPMCG.TEM

Abstract

The aim of this postdoctoral activity is a sedimentological stratigraphic study based on two continuous cores from the Acre and Marajó basins in northern Brazil. The discussion of the sequence of sedimentation events will be integrated as part of the interdisciplinary work of the main research investigation of the Trans-Amazon Drilling Project (TADP). A fundamental aspect of the post-doctoral project is to coordinate, acquire, and document the detailed stratigraphy and sedimentology of TADP-AC-1 (Acre Basin) and TADP-MA-1 (Marajó Basin). The target stratigraphic sections include recording the paleogeographic and environmental changes in the Amazon region caused by the evolution of the Andes and the fluvial sedimentary systems before the establishment of the modern drainage basin during the Cenozoic.