Florianópolis Formation

Short description: Geological formation of the Santos Basin near Brazil

Florianópolis Formation
Stratigraphic range: Albian
~113–100 Ma

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Type| Geological formation
Unit of| Camburi Group
Underlies| Santos Formation
Overlies| Ariri Formation
Thickness| 343 m (1,125 ft) (type well)
Lithology
Primary| Sandstone
Other| Siltstone, shale
Location
Coordinates|  [ ⚑ ] : 26°6′S 43°43′W﻿ / ﻿26.1°S 43.717°W﻿ / -26.1; -43.717
Region| Santos Basin, South Atlantic
Country|  Brazil
Type section
Named for| Florianópolis

Location of the Santos Basin

The Florianópolis Formation (Portuguese: Formacão Florianópolis) is a geological formation of the Santos Basin offshore of the Brazil ian states of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná and Santa Catarina. The predominantly sandstone formation with interbedded shales and siltstones dates to the Early Cretaceous period; Albian epoch and has a thickness in the type oil well of 343 metres (1,125 ft).

## Contents

* 1 Etymology
* 2 Description
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 4.1 Bibliography

## Etymology

The formation is named after the city of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina.

## Description

The Florianópolis Formation is 343 metres (1,125 ft) thick in the type oil well, and consists of reddish, fine to coarse-grained sandstones with a clay matrix, reddish micaceous shales and siltstones. These clastic units are thought to represent alluvial environments distributed along the western Brazilian basin margin, along the Santos Hinge Line. These alluvial environments were gradational towards the east, with the shallow marine carbonates of the Guarujá Formation, and further to the open basin with the siltstones of the Itanhaém Formation. Biostratigraphical data and its relations with the Guarujá Formation point towards an Albian age.[1] The formation is laterally equivalent to the Goitacás Formation of the Campos Basin to the north.[2]

The formation is the reservoir rock of the Pirapitanga Field in the Santos Basin.[3]

## See also

* Campos Basin

## References

1. ↑ Clemente, 2013, p.22
2. ↑ Contreras, 2011, p.102
3. ↑ Vieira, 2007, p.9

### Bibliography

* Clemente, Pilar. 2013. Petroleum geology of the Campos and Santos basins, Lower Cretaceous Brazilian sector of the South Atlantic margin, 1–33. Danmarks Tekniske Universitet. Accessed 2017-09-04.
* Contreras, Jorham. 2011. Seismo-stratigraphy and numerical basin modeling of the southern Brazilian continental margin (Campos, Santos, and Pelotas basins) (PhD thesis), 1–171. Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg. Accessed 2017-09-04.
* Vieira, Juliana. 2007. Brazil Round 9 - Santos Basin, 1–73. ANP. Accessed 2017-09-04.

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