Structural and geochronological studies of the Médio Coreaú domain, NE Brazil: Constraints on Brasiliano/Pan-African tectonic evolution in the NW part of the Borborema Province

Journal of the Virtual Explorer

Volumn 17, Issue , 2004, Pages

  dos Santos, Ticiano J S ^a   Fetter, Allen H ^b,c   Hackspacher, Peter C ^b   Van Schmus, William R ^d   Nogueira Neto, José de A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c U S NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Borborema Province; Brasiliano orogeny; Geochronology; Tectonic evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952998982     PISSN: 14418126     EISSN: 14418142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3809/jvirtex.2004.00112     Document Type: Article

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