Estudo de coprólito da bacia sedimentar do Araripe por meios de espectroscopia FT-IR e difração de Raios-X

Coprolites are fossilized faeces that constitute an important source of palaeobiological informations. This paper describes the characterization of some coprolite materials originated from the Romualdo Member of the Santana Formation (Araripe Basin, south of Ceará State in Brazil) by means of two te...

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Autores: Lima, Ricardo Jorge Cruz, Freire, Paulo de Tarso Cavalcante, Sasaki, José Marcos, Saraiva, Antonio Álamo Feitosa, Lanfredi, Silvania [UNESP], Nobre, Marcos Augusto de Lima [UNESP]
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/6951
Acceso en línea:http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0100-40422007000800029
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/6951
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:coprolites
X-ray diffraction
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
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Sumario:Coprolites are fossilized faeces that constitute an important source of palaeobiological informations. This paper describes the characterization of some coprolite materials originated from the Romualdo Member of the Santana Formation (Araripe Basin, south of Ceará State in Brazil) by means of two techniques: X-ray powder diffraction and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). This characterization allowed us to determine the main composition of the coprolites, of the nodulus (where the coprolites were extracted) and of the sediment (where the nodulus was found) suggesting that the material was produced by a carnivorous fish of the Lower Cretaceous.