Wide and narrow margins of the Brazilian South Atlantic

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 471-476

  Davison, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brazil; Passive margins; South Atlantic; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL MARGINS; PASSIVE MARGIN; PASSIVE MARGINS; TECTONICS;

ATLANTIC, (SOUTH); BRAZIL;

EID: 0030868692     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.154.3.0471     Document Type: Article

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