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Dinocysts as a Tool for Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction in Vitória Bay, Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 February 2020

Alex da Silva de Freitas Open the ORCID record for Alex da Silva de Freitas [Opens in a new window] ,
Javier Helenes Escamilla ,
Cintia Ferreira Barreto ,
Alex Cardoso Bastos ,
Estefan Monteiro da Fonseca  and
José Antônio Baptista Neto
Alex da Silva de Freitas*
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal Fluminense, Instituto de Geociências, Departamento de Geologia, 24210-346, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Javier Helenes Escamilla
Affiliation:
Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Baja California, Departamento de Geología, División de Ciencias de la Tierra, 22860, Ensenada, BC, Mexico
Cintia Ferreira Barreto
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal Fluminense, Instituto de Geociências, Departamento de Geologia, 24210-346, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Alex Cardoso Bastos
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Centro de Ciências Humanas e Naturais, Departamento de Ecologia e Recursos Naturais, 29090-600, Espírito Santo, ES, Brazil
Estefan Monteiro da Fonseca
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal Fluminense, Instituto de Geociências, Departamento de Geologia, 24210-346, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
José Antônio Baptista Neto
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal Fluminense, Instituto de Geociências, Departamento de Geologia, 24210-346, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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*Corresponding author. Email: alexsilfre@gmail.com
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Abstract

Micropaleontological and geochemical data were applied to sediments from southeastern Brazil to study the hydrodynamics associated with the Holocene sea level rise. Sediment cores were taken around Vitória Bay, examined for dinoflagellate cysts and subjected to isotopic analysis. The cyst assemblage mainly dominated by autotrophic species most notably O. centrocarpum, L. machaerophorum and T. vancampoae. The influence of the marine transgression and subsequent regression observed during the Holocene along the coast of Brazil could have initially favored the establishment of an oligotrophic and higher energy environment. The inflow of continental water from tributaries combined with a higher inflow of saline water into the estuarine system could have favored the establishment and subsequent deposition of the dinocysts.

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autotroph speciesHolocenesea level variationsstable isotopesTOC
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Radiocarbon , Volume 62 , Issue 2 , April 2020 , pp. 289 - 311
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