At the beginning of the Late Triassic, a period of increased precipitation occurred over large
tracts of Central Pangea, the “Carnian Pluvial Event”. It was a short-lived event (> 1 Ma) …

Pangea results from the progressive amalgamation of continental blocks achieved at 320
Ma. Assuming that the ancient concept of “active” versus “passive” rifting remains pertinent …

Abstract Lower Jurassic (Sinemurian–Pliensbachian) successions cropping out in onshore
areas of the Lusitanian Basin provide detailed information of three well characterized …

The onshore Lusitanian Basin is dominated by two large diapiric salt walls which extend for
up to 100 km. Seismic sections indicate that stratal onlap onto an intervening salt pillow …

The correlation between radon exposure and the increased probability of lung cancer is
widely recognized. In Portugal, several efforts have been made to estimate the radon …

Dinosaur fossils from the Lower Jurassic are very scarce in the Iberian Peninsula, which
lacks a dinosaur track record. This study reports a new ichnosite from this age, at the …

Abstract Background In southwestern Iberia the Upper Triassic successions of Lusitanian,
Alentejo and Algarve basins records the fragmentation of Pangaea in Permian–Triassic …

Abstract The West and SouthWest Margins of Iberia started their formation as intra-
continental rifts during initial break up of Pangea in Triassic times. The tectono-stratigraphic …

Uncertainties related to in situ gamma-ray spectrometry measurements have been widely
acknowledged. Despite being commonly used in exploration, the evaluation of the …

In this work, we report the first palynological age for the base strata of the Silves Sandstones
of the Silves Group in the Algarve Basin, located in Southern Portugal. The group is the …