The Brasiliano collage in South America: a review

BBB Neves, RA Fuck, MM Pimentel - Brazilian Journal of Geology, 2014 - SciELO Brasil
Analysis of recent geological and geochronological data from the basement of the South
American platform indicates that the Brasiliano orogenic collage took place in four distinct …

Gravity anomalies of arbitrary 3D polyhedral bodies with horizontal and vertical mass contrasts

Z Ren, C Chen, K Pan, T Kalscheuer, H Maurer… - Surveys in …, 2017 - Springer
During the last 15 years, more attention has been paid to derive analytic formulae for the
gravitational potential and field of polyhedral mass bodies with complicated polynomial …

The upper mantle beneath the South Atlantic Ocean, South America and Africa from waveform tomography with massive data sets

NL Celli, S Lebedev, AJ Schaeffer… - Geophysical Journal …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
We present a tomographic model of the crust, upper mantle and transition zone beneath the
South Atlantic, South America and Africa. Taking advantage of the recent growth in …

Deep crustal framework of the Borborema Province, NE Brazil, derived from gravity and magnetic data

RG Oliveira, WE Medeiros - Precambrian Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Borborema Province BP (NE Brazil) consists of a complex rock mosaic
composed mainly by Proterozoic metasedimentary belts that amalgamate Archean-to …

Brasiliano crustal structure and the tectonic setting of the Parnaíba basin of NE Brazil: results of a deep seismic reflection profile

MC Daly, V Andrade, CA Barousse, R Costa… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
A 1430 km, deep crustal, seismic reflection profile of the Parnaíba basin shows an
asymmetric, structured western margin and a gently dipping eastern margin. The~ 3 km …

The multistage tectonic evolution of the northeastern Carajás Province, Amazonian Craton, Brazil: Revealing complex structural patterns

FM Tavares, RAJ Trouw, CMG da Silva… - Journal of South …, 2018 - Elsevier
Structural data collected in the Carajás Province region led to a new interpretation of the
southeastern Amazonian Craton geotectonic evolution. The purpose of this article is to …

Tightening-up NE Brazil and NW Africa connections: New U–Pb/Lu–Hf zircon data of a complete plate tectonic cycle in the Dahomey belt of the West Gondwana …

CE Ganade, UG Cordani, Y Agbossoumounde… - Precambrian …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Dahomey belt in Togo and Benin is an important segment of the larger West
Gondwana Orogen. Here, we review the geodynamic evolution of the Dahomey belt and …

Fault damage zones width: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the northern border of the Araripe Basin, Brazil, NE Brazil

MAL Celestino, TS de Miranda, G Mariano… - Journal of Structural …, 2020 - Elsevier
Fault zones commonly have spatially variable fault rocks and brittle structures. Differing fault-
rock attributes may retard or increase cross-and along-fault permeability. Our work analyzed …

A review of the geophysical knowledge of the Borborema Province, NE-Brazil, and tectonic implications

RG de Oliveira, WE de Medeiros… - Journal of South …, 2023 - Elsevier
This review summarizes the results of nearly 50 years of application of geophysical data to
study tectonic problems in Borborema Province (BP), Northeastern Brazil. Much information …

Geologic, geomorphic, tectonic, and paleoclimatic controls on the distribution and preservation of Chicxulub distal ejecta: A global perspective

S James, SR Chandran, J Aswathi, D Padmakumar… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary (KPB), the only known global impact ejecta
layer, resulted from the 66 million years ago Chicxulub Impact Event. KPB is well …