Crustal architecture of South Atlantic volcanic margins

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 362, Issue , 2002, Pages 159-202

  Mohriak, W U ^a,b   Rosendahl, B R ^c   Turner, J P ^d   Valente, S C ^e  

^a PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; BASALT; DEPOSITION; EXPLORATORY BOREHOLES; FAULTING; FRACTURE; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; REFLECTION; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEGREE OF ASYMMETRY; EXTENSIONAL FAULTS; MULTI-CHANNEL SEISMIC; OCEANIC CRUST EMPLACEMENT; PETROLEUM EXPLORATION; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES; VOLCANIC MATERIALS;

SALT TECTONICS;

BOREHOLE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; DEEP WATER; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; SEISMIC DATA; VOLCANIC BELT; VOLCANIC ROCK;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84870907002     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2362-0.159     Document Type: Article

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