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The Montalto Formation: A Pre- to Basal Ordovician Succession in the Dúrico-Beirã Area (Northern Portugal)

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The Montalto Formation consists of a succession of slate, greywacke, quartzites, and polygenic conglomerates cropping out in the Dúrico-Beirã area of northern Portugal. The formation is of interest because it contains mixed volcaniclastic sequences that record changes in marginal-marine depositional environments and because it is associated with regional tectonic and magmatic processes. The Montalto Formation can be divided into three lithological associations that record a shallowing-upward sequence.

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  1. Departamento de Geociências, Ambiente e Ordenamento do Território, Centro de Geologia, Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 687, 4169-007, Porto, Portugal

    Helena Couto

  2. University of the Witwatersrand, School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, Private Bag 3, Wits, 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Jasper Knight

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  1. Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia Ciências da Terra, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Grande Lisboa, Portugal

    Rogério Rocha

  2. Faculdade Ciências e Tecnologia Ciencias da Terra, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Grande Lisboa, Portugal

    João Pais

  3. Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Caparica, Grande Lisboa, Portugal

    José Carlos Kullberg

  4. Geological Sciences, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California, USA

    Stanley Finney

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Couto, H., Knight, J. (2014). The Montalto Formation: A Pre- to Basal Ordovician Succession in the Dúrico-Beirã Area (Northern Portugal). In: Rocha, R., Pais, J., Kullberg, J., Finney, S. (eds) STRATI 2013. Springer Geology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04364-7_74

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