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| Author(s): |
Isabel Cortez Christiano de Souza
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Geociências |
| Defense date: | 2011-00-00 |
| Examining board members: |
Alexandre Campane Vidal;
Rosemarie Rohn Davies
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| Advisor: | Frésia Soledad Ricardi Torres Branco |
| Abstract | |
This study describes the formulation of a metadata base of the neopaleozoic phytofossiliferous occurrences of the paleoflorístic province of late Paleozoic Gondwana, on the eastern edge of the Paraná Basin, related to the southwestern corner of the Gondwana, with an analysis through the Geographic Information System (GIS). This mapping allows a spatial study of most species mentioned in the literature, in addition to the intersection of the specific information of each occurrence. This affords an integrated analysis of geological, stratigraphic, biostratigraphic, climatic, and botanic data for the period ? a task never before accomplished for that basin. Thus, a number of maps were generated on the distribution of fossiliferous occurrences ? of all outcrops included in the metadata base, of the distribution of cases according to Floras and Phyitozones proposed in the literature, of the genres regarded as most important, of transport, and of humid environments ? which are regarded as most conducive to fossilization. The possibilities of cross-referencing are endless. Here we show the basic alternatives that the use of this tool allows (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 09/04418-4 - Neopaleozoic phytogeography of Paraná Basin, Brazil |
| Grantee: | Isabel Cortez Christiano de Souza |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |