Tectonic evolution of the rift basins in the northeastern Brazilian region

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 115, Issue , 2000, Pages 293-315

  Mohriak, Webster U ^a   Bassetto, Marcelo ^a   Vieira, Ines S ^a  

^a PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

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EID: 0141644577     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM115p0293     Document Type: Chapter

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