How active is a passive margin? Palaeoseismicity in Northeastern Brazil

Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 591-594

  Bezerra, F H R ^a   Vita Finzi, C ^a  

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

Author keywords

Brazil; Intraplate; Neotectonics; Paleoseismicity; Radiocarbon

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; REMOTE SENSING;

BRAZIL; INTRAPLATE; NEOTECTONICS; PALEOSEISMICITY; RADIOCARBON;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EARTHQUAKE; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; NEOTECTONICS; PASSIVE MARGIN; SEISMICITY; TECTONICS;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84879883695     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2000)28<591:HAIAPM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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