Late Pleistocene tectonic-geomorphological development within a passive margin - The Cariatá trough, northeastern Brazil

Geomorphology

Volumn 97, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 555-582

  Bezerra, Francisco H R ^a   Brito Neves, Benjamim B ^b   Corrêa, Antonio C B ^c   Barreto, Alcina M F ^c   Suguio, Kenitiro ^b,d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^d Universidade de Guarulhos   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Colluvium; Luminescence dating; Neotectonics; Passive margin; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; EROSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MUDFLOW; NEOTECTONICS; PASSIVE MARGIN; PLEISTOCENE; STRESS FIELD; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPLIFT;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 42649114121     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.09.008     Document Type: Article

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