Coastal Quaternary Formations of the Southern Part of the State of Espírito Santo (Brazil)

A preliminary geologic map of the Quaternary deposits, situated at the southern half of the State of Espirito Santo coastal plain, is presented in this paper. They are represented by two generations of wave-built terraces, which have been originated after 123,000 years and 5,100 years B.P., by paleolagoonal deposits related to the last high sea-level period and by alluvial, coastal marsh and mangrove deposits of Holocene age. The evolutionary model valid for this sector of coast is quite similar to that previously established for other sectors of the Brazilian coast.