Recognition of Cretaceous, Paleocene, and Neogene tectonic reactivation through apatite fission-track analysis in Precambrian areas of southeast Brazil: Association with the opening of the south Atlantic Ocean

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 765-774

  Tello Saenz, C A ^a   Hackspacher, P C ^b   Hadler Neto, J C ^a   Iunes, P J ^a   Guedes, S ^a   Ribeiro, L F B ^b   Paulo, S R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apatite; Fission track analysis; Southeast Brazil; Tectonics; Thermal histories

Indexed keywords

APATITE; CRETACEOUS; FISSION TRACK DATING; PRECAMBRIAN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERTIARY; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0037278623     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-9811(02)00131-1     Document Type: Article

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