Mega capture of the Rio Negro and formation of the Anavilhanas Archipelago, Central Amazônia, Brazil: Evidences in an SRTM digital elevation model

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 387-392

  Almeida Filho, Raimundo ^a   Miranda, Fernando P ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; RADAR SYSTEMS; RIVERS;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS; GEOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK; NW-SE STRUCTURAL FEATURES;

PHOTOMAPPING;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DRAINAGE NETWORK; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; RAINFOREST; TECTONIC PHENOMENA;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; ANAVILHANAS ARCHIPELAGO; BRAZIL; RIO NEGRO [SOUTH AMERICA]; SOLIMOES BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34548051320     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.03.005     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Assumpção M., Ortega R., Berrocal J., and Veloso J.A.V. O sismo de Codajás-AM, de 05.08.1983. Revista Brasileira de Geofísica 2 (1983) 39-44
2. Assumpção M., and Suárez G. Source mechanisms of moderate-size earthquakes and stress orientation in mid-plate South America. Geophysical Journal 92 (1988) 253-267
3. Campbell Jr. K.E. The geologic basis of biogeographic patterns in Amazonia. In: Peters G., and Hutterer R. (Eds). Vertebrates in the tropics (1990), Museum Alexander Koeing, Bonn 33-43
4. Costa J.B.S., Hasui Y., Borges M.S., and Bermeguy R.L. Arcabouço tectônico mesozoico-cenozóico da região da calha do rio Amazonas. Geociências 14 (1995) 77-103
5. Fernandes Filho L.A., Costa M.L., Costa J.B.S., and Costa J.B.S. Registros nectectônicos nos lateritos de Manaus-Amazonas. Geociências 16 (1977) 9-33
6. Forsberg B.R., Hashimoto Y., Rosenqvist A., and Miranda F.P. Tectonic fault control of wetland distributions in the Central Amazon reveled by JERS-1 radar imagery. Quaternary International 72 (2000) 61-66
7. Franzinelli E., and Igreja H.L.S. Utilização de sensoriamento remoto na interpretação da área do baixo Rio Negro e Grande Manaus. Proceedings of the 6th Brazilian remote sensing symposium Vol. 3 (1990) 641-648
8. Franzinelli E., and Igreja H.L.S. Modern sedimentation in the lower Negro River, Amazonas State, Brazil. Geomorphology 44 (2002) 259-271
9. Gonzaga E.G., Gonçalves E.T.T., and Coutinho L.E.C. Petroleum geology of the Amazon Basin, Brazil: modeling of hydrocarbon generation and migration. In: Mello M.R., and Katz B.J. (Eds). Petroleum system of South America margins. AAPG memoir 73 (2000) 159-178
10. Haffer J. Alternative models of vertebrate speciation in Amazonia: an overview. Biodiversity and Conservation 6 (1997) 451-476
11. Hasui Y., Haralyi N.L.E., and Schobbenhaus C. Elementos geofísicos e geológicos da região Amazônica. Proceedings of the III Simpósio Amazônico, DNPM, Brasília (1984) 129-147
12. Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro-IHGB. O Diário do Padre Samuel Fritz. Revista do Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro 81 (1917) 354-397
13. Iriondo M.H. Geomorfologia da planície amazônica. 4o Simpósio do Quaternário do Brasil. Proceedings (1982) 323-348
14. Lima C., Nascimento E., and Assumpção M. Stress orientation in Brazilian sedimentary basins from breakout analysis: implications for force models in South America Plate. Geophysical Journal International 130 (1997) 112-124
15. Marza, V. (2005). Informe sísmico, 11/02/2005. Universidade de Brasília, Observatório Sismológico, Press Release, 2p.
16. Mendiguren J.A., and Ritcher F.M. On the origin of compressional interplate stress in South America. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 16 (1978) 318-326
17. Rabus B., Eineder M., Roth A., and Bamler R. The Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission-a new class of digital elevation model acquired by spaceborne radar. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 57 (2003) 241-262
18. Riccomini, C. & Soares, E. A. A. (2004). Sismitos holocênicos em baixos terraços do Rio Solimões, Amazonas. Proceeding of the XLII Brazilian Geological Congress. Araxá. In CD-ROM.
19. Rossetti D.F., Toledo P.M., and Góes A.M. New geological framework for western Amazonia (Brazil) and implications for biogeography and evolution. Quaternary Research 63 (2005) 78-89
20. Sternberg H.O. Vales tectônicos na planície Amazônica?. Revista Brasileira de Geografia 12 (1950) 513-533
21. Tassinari C.C.G., and Macambira M.J.B. Geochronological provinces of the Amazonian Craton. Episodes 22 (1999) 174-182