Geophysical evidence of crustal-heterogeneity control of fault growth in the Neocomian Iguatu basin, NE Brazil

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 271-285

  de Castro, David L ^a   Bezerra, Francisco H R ^b   Castelo Branco, Raimundo M G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

Airborne geophysics; Crustal reactivation; Gravity modeling; Iguatu basin; NE Brazil; Rift evolution

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; BASEMENT ROCK; BASIN EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; DEPOCENTER; DISPLACEMENT; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT PROPAGATION; GRABEN; GRAVITY SURVEY; MAGNETIC SURVEY; RADIOMETRIC SURVEY; RIFTING; SHEAR ZONE;

BORBOREMA; BRAZIL; CEARA; IGUATU BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 55049117132     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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