Quaternary fault kinematics and chronology in intraplate northeastern Brazil

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 79-91

  Nogueira, Francisco C ^a,b   Bezerra, Francisco H R ^a   Fuck, Reinhardt A ^c  

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

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Intraplate setting; Luminescence dating; Neotectonics; Paleoseismicity; Surface rupture

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ANALOG MODEL; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; COLLUVIAL DEPOSIT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT ZONE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GIS; GRAIN SIZE; HANGING WALL; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; KINEMATICS; LUMINESCENCE DATING; NEOTECTONICS; PALEOSEISMICITY; PALEOSTRESS; QUATERNARY; REMOTE SENSING; RUPTURE; STRESS FIELD; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

BRAZIL;

EID: 74149093641     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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