Magnetotelluric deep soundings, gravity and geoid in the south São Francisco craton: Geophysical indicators of cratonic lithosphere rejuvenation and crustal underplating

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 297, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 423-434

  Pinto, Luis Gustavo Rodrigues ^a,d   de Pádua, Marcelo Banik ^b   Ussami, Naomi ^a   Vitorello, Icaro ^b   Padilha, Antonio Lopes ^b   Braitenberg, Carla ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d CPRM Companhia de Pesquisa de Recursos Minerais   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbonatites; Cratonic lithosphere; Geoid; Magnetotellurics; Rejuvenation; S o Francisco craton

Indexed keywords

CARBONATITES; CRATONIC LITHOSPHERE; GEOID; MAGNETOTELLURICS; REJUVENATION;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENDOCRINOLOGY; LEVEES; MELTING; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

ARCHEAN; BOUGUER ANOMALY; CARBONATITE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEEP SEISMIC SOUNDING; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GEOID; GRAVITY ANOMALY; LOWER CRUST; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; PROTEROZOIC; UNDERPLATING;

BRAZIL; SAO FRANCISCO CRATON;

EID: 77956009637     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.06.044     Document Type: Article

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