Table 6. Lithology of formations in the vicinity of the Upper Paraguay river.1 |
Formation |  Description |
Moenda | Conglomerates or tillites, with sandstone, marl, and calcareous rocks. |
Araras | Limestones, siltstones, marl. |
Raizama | Quartz sandstones, quartz/feldspar sandstones. |
Sepotuba | Siltstones, micaceous sandstones. |
Puga | Conglomerates or tillites, with quartzites, granites, and schists. |
Cerradinho | Sandstones, siltstones, limestones, dolomites, marl, metaconglomerates. |
Bocaína | Calcareous dolomites, dolomites, calcareous sandstones. |
Tamengo | Black limestone, with fine siltstones and sandstones. |
Urucum | Arkosic sandstones, quartz/feldspar sandstones, metasandstones feldspar-rich metasandstones, conglomerates, siltstones. |
Santa Cruz | Jaspelitic arkosic sandstones. |
Coimbra | Thin-bedded sandstones. |
Alkaline | Fecho dos Morros Syenites, trachytes, porphyritic trachytes. |
Xaraiés | Calcareous tufa, travertines, conglomerates with calcareous cement. |
Pantanal | Sandy sediments, silty/clayey and sandy conglomerates, unconsolidated and semiconsolidated; fluvial and lacustrine deposits in seasonally flooded areas. |
1 Source: Projeto RADAMBRASIL (1982a&b). |
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