Accelerated denudation and tectonic/geomorphic reactivation of the cratons of northeastern Brazil during the Late Cretaceous

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue B11, 1998, Pages 27091-27105

  Harman, Rebecca ^a   Gallagher, Kerry ^a   Brown, Roderick ^b   Raza, Asaf ^b   Bizzi, Luiz ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SOPEMI Pesquisa e Exploacao de Minérios   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATON; CRETACEOUS; DENUDATION; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLATE MOTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

BRAZIL;

EID: 17744407659     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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