The intraplate Porto dos Gaúchos seismic zone in the Amazon craton - Brazil

Tectonophysics

Volumn 469, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 37-47

  Barros, Lucas Vieira ^a   Assumpção, Marcelo ^b   Quintero, Ronnie ^c   Caixeta, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Amazon craton; Brazilian seismicity; Continental rift; Focal mechanism; Intraplate seismicity; South America

Indexed keywords

AMAZON CRATON; BRAZILIAN SEISMICITY; CONTINENTAL RIFT; FOCAL MECHANISM; INTRAPLATE SEISMICITY; SOUTH AMERICA;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

EARTHQUAKES;

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT ZONE; FOCAL MECHANISM; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; RIFT ZONE; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMICITY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

BRAZIL; MATO GROSSO; PARECIS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 63049104513     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.01.006     Document Type: Article

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