Geological and geophysical interpretation of the Rio Grande Rise, south-eastern Brazilian margin: Extensional tectonics and rifting of continental and oceanic crusts

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 231-245

  Mohriak, W U ^a,b   Nobrega M ^b,c   Odegard, M E ^d   Gomes, B S ^a   Dickson, W G ^e  

^a PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^d Grizzly Geosciences   (United States)

^e Dickson International Geosciences (DIGs)   (United States)

Author keywords

Extensional tectonics; Oceanic crust; Rio Grande Rise; Santos basin; South Atlantic

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BATHYMETRIC FEATURES; BOUGUER ANOMALY; BRAZILIAN CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CAMPOS BASIN; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EVAPORITES; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FRACTURE ZONE; HOT SPOT; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; MANTLE DIFFERENTIATION; NAMIBIA; OCEANIC AREA; OCEANIC BASIN; OCEANIC CRUST; POTENTIAL FIELD; RIFT STRUCTURE; RIO GRANDE; SALT LAYERS; SHEAR ZONE; SOUTH ATLANTIC; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES; VOLCANIC BELT; VOLCANIC EDIFICE;

BATHYMETRY; BUILDINGS; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; FRACTURE; GEOPHYSICS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

TECTONICS;

APTIAN; BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; BOUGUER ANOMALY; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DATA INTERPRETATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FRACTURE ZONE; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; GRAVITY SURVEY; LINEAMENT; MAGNETIC SURVEY; OCEANIC CRUST; RIFT ZONE; RIFTING; SHEAR ZONE; SPREADING CENTER; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); RIO GRANDE RISE; SANTOS BASIN;

EID: 77955493593     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079309-910     Document Type: Article

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