Amazonia through time: Andean uplift, climate change, landscape evolution, and biodiversity

C Hoorn, FP Wesselingh, H Ter Steege, MA Bermudez… - science, 2010 - science.org
The Amazonian rainforest is arguably the most species-rich terrestrial ecosystem in the
world, yet the timing of the origin and evolutionary causes of this diversity are a matter of …

A new starting point for the South and Equatorial Atlantic Ocean

M Moulin, D Aslanian, P Unternehr - Earth-Science Reviews, 2010 - Elsevier
The opening of the Equatorial and South Atlantic Oceans is still a matter of debate,
particularly as concerns the locations of the intraplate deformation. We propose here a …

Landscape dynamics and diversification of the megadiverse South American freshwater fish fauna

FAS Cassemiro, JS Albert, A Antonelli… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Landscape dynamics are widely thought to govern the tempo and mode of continental
radiations, yet the effects of river network rearrangements on dispersal and lineage …

Tectonic history and the biogeography of the freshwater fishes from the coastal drainages of eastern Brazil: an example of faunal evolution associated with a divergent …

AC Ribeiro - Neotropical ichthyology, 2006 - SciELO Brasil
The eastern Brazilian coastal drainages are of great biogeographical significance, because
of their highly endemic fish faunas. Phylogenetic patterns suggest a close biotic relationship …

Post‐breakup tectonics in southeast Brazil from thermochronological data and combined inverse‐forward thermal history modeling

N Cogné, K Gallagher, PR Cobbold… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The continental margin of southeast Brazil is elevated. Onshore Tertiary basins and Late
Cretaceous/Paleogene intrusions are good evidence for post breakup tectono‐magmatic …

Post-rift reactivation of the onshore margin of southeast Brazil: Evidence from apatite (U–Th)/He and fission-track data

N Cogné, K Gallagher, PR Cobbold - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2011 - Elsevier
On the continental margin of southeast Brazil there is good geological evidence for post-rift
tectonic reactivation, in the form of onshore Tertiary basins up to 800m deep and Cretaceous …

Denudation history of the Bocaina Plateau, Serra do Mar, southeastern Brazil: Relationships to Gondwana breakup and passive margin development

ST Hiruma, C Riccomini, MC Modenesi-Gauttieri… - Gondwana …, 2010 - Elsevier
The Bocaina Plateau, which is situated on the eastern flank of the continental rift of
southeastern Brazil, is the highest part of the Serra do Mar. Topographic relief in this area is …

Major shear zones of southern Brazil and Uruguay: escape tectonics in the eastern border of Rio de La plata and Paranapanema cratons during the Western …

CR Passarelli, MAS Basei, K Wemmer, O Siga… - International Journal of …, 2011 - Springer
Abstract The Mantiqueira Province represents a series of supracrustal segments of the
South-American counterpart formed during the Gondwana Supercontinent agglutination. In …

Consolidation and break-up of the South American platform in southeastern Brazil: tectonothermal and denudation histories

PC Hackspacher, LFB Ribeiro, MCS Ribeiro… - Gondwana …, 2004 - Elsevier
The different tectonic stages that occurred at the end of the Proterozoic and during the
Phanerozoic have an important bearing on the tectonothermal history of the South American …

Santos Drift System: stratigraphic organization and implications for late Cenozoic palaeocirculation in the Santos Basin, SW Atlantic Ocean

CSL Duarte, AR Viana - Geological Society, London, Special …, 2007 - lyellcollection.org
High-quality 2D and 3D seismic data were analysed to investigate the stratigraphic
organization of the sedimentary deposits and the impact of the palaeocirculation of the SW …