Brazilian and African passive margins of the Central Segment of the South Atlantic Ocean: Kinematic constraints

Tectonophysics

Volumn 468, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 98-112

  Aslanian, Daniel ^a   Moulin, Maryline ^a,b   Olivet, Jean Louis ^a   Unternehr, Patrick ^c   Matias, Luis ^f   Bache, François ^a,g   Rabineau, Marina ^g   Nouzé, Hervé ^a   Klingelheofer, Frauke ^a   Contrucci, Isabelle ^a,d   Labails, Cinthia ^a,e  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c TOTAL   (France)

^d CRPG CNRS   (France)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^g Universite de Bretagne Occidentale   (France)

Author keywords

Kinematic reconstruction and constraints; Lower continental crust; Passive continental margin; South Atlantic Ocean; Thinning processes

Indexed keywords

BREAK-UP; HORIZONTAL MOTIONS; HORIZONTAL MOVEMENTS; KINEMATIC CONSTRAINTS; LOWER CONTINENTAL CRUST; PASSIVE CONTINENTAL MARGIN; SIMPLE SHEARS; SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; STILL MISSING; THINNING PROCESSES; UPPER CONTINENTAL CRUSTS;

KINEMATICS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; RESTORATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL THINNING; EXHUMATION; KINEMATICS; MODELING; PASSIVE MARGIN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 62649159912     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.12.016     Document Type: Article

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