Holocene tectonic uplift of the St Peter and St Paul Rocks (Equatorial Atlantic) consistent with emplacement by extrusion

Marine Geology

Volumn 271, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 177-186

  Campos, Thomas F C ^a   Bezerra, Francisco H R ^a   Srivastava, Narendra K ^a   Vieira, Marcela M ^a   Vita Finzi, Claudio ^b  

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

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Holocene; marine terrace; Mid Atlantic Ridge; peridotite; sea level change; uplift

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE RATE; FAULT SLIP; FRACTURE ZONE; HOLOCENES; MID ATLANTIC RIDGE; RED ALGAE; SEALEVEL CHANGE; STRIKE-SLIP MECHANISM; TECTONIC UPLIFT; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES;

ALGAE; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; EXTRUSION; SOIL CONSERVATION; TECTONICS;

LANDFORMS;

EMPLACEMENT; EXTRUSION; FRACTURE ZONE; HOLOCENE; MORTALITY; PERIDOTITE; RED ALGA; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEISMICITY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TERRACE; UPLIFT; VOLCANISM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE; PERNAMBUCO; SAINT PETER AND SAINT PAUL ROCKS;

RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 77949568765     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2010.02.013     Document Type: Article

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