Influence of Neoproterozoic tectonic fabric on the origin of the Potiguar Basin, northeastern Brazil and its links with West Africa based on gravity and magnetic data

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 54, Issue , 2012, Pages 29-42

  de Castro, David Lopes ^a   Bezerra, Francisco H R ^a   Sousa, Maria O L ^a   Fuck, Reinhardt A ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Benue Basin; Continental margin; Potiguar Basin; Shear zone; Structural inheritance

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GRAVITY; MAGNETIC METHOD; MOHO; PROTEROZOIC; RIFT ZONE; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); BENUE; BRAZIL; NIGERIA; POTIGUAR BASIN; RIO GRANDE DO NORTE; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 80054995067     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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