Abstract
A paleoenvironmental characterization of the Santana Formation sedimentary rocks (4-BO-1-PE well), Araripe Basin, Late Aptian-Early Albian, was accomplished through qualitative and quantitative analyses of the palynofl ora. Palynological and lithological evidence indicate a predominantly continental depositional environment for this section, composed by a fl uvial, lacustrine deltaic system in a semi-arid climate. The detection of a single dinofl agellate cyst suggests that small sea ingressions took place during Aptian-Albian times in the region, as also verifi ed in other coeval strata of marginal Brazilian Cretaceous basins. Comparisons with palynofl oras from other continents support the hypothesis that this assemblage belongs to the North-Gondwana microfl oristic province.
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