%0 Journal Article %T Provenance of fine-grained sedimentary rocks derived from Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd analyses: the example of the Santa Maria Formation (Triassic, Parana Basin, Southern Brazil) %A Rodrigues Andrade Da Silva %A Diogo %A Pimentel Mizusaki %A Ana Maria %A Couto Dos Anjos %A Sylvia Maria %A Koester %A Edinei %A Weissheimer De Borba %A Andr¨¦ %J Latin American journal of sedimentology and basin analysis %D 2006 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X in this work, the rb-sr and sm-nd methods were applied to fine-grained sedimentary rock samples of the santa maria formation (triassic, paran¨¢ basin) in order to have provenance informations. the sm-nd, although being considered as a new technique when applied to sedimentary rocks is an important parameter to the determination of potentials source rocks. the acquired informations with the sm-nd method and the integration with rb-sr data allowed to propose the reconstruction of the source areas concerning santa maria formation. the results are fundamental to improve these methodologies when applied in sedimentary rocks. %K sedimentary rocks %K rb-sr methodology %K sm-nd methodology %K provenance. %U http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1851-49792006000200003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en