Tectonic control of the Triassic Santa Maria supersequence of the Paraná Basin, southernmost Brazil, and its correlation to the Waterberg Basin, Namibia

Gondwana Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 163-176

  Zerfass, Henrique ^a   Chemale Jr , Farid ^a   Lavina, Ernesto ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fracture analysis; Santa Maria Supersequence; Triassic; Waterberg Basin; Waterberg Omaruru Fault

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; FAULT ZONE; GONDWANA; NORMAL FAULT; TECTONICS; TRIASSIC;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); BRAZIL; NAMIBIA; PARANA BASIN;

EID: 15944398336     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)71115-1     Document Type: Article

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