Quaternary reactivation of a basement structure in the Barreirinhas Basin, Brazilian Equatorial Margin

Quaternary Research

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 103-110

  Almeida Filho, Raimundo ^a   Rossetti, Dilce F ^a   Miranda, Fernando P ^b   Ferreira, Francisco J ^c   Silva, Clauzionor ^d   Beisl, Carlos ^e  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Deep seated basement structure; Quaternary reactivation; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; LANDSCAPE; LINEAMENT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; QUATERNARY; REMOTE SENSING; STRUCTURAL CONTROL;

EID: 67349254529     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2009.02.010     Document Type: Article

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