Late Oligocene–Miocene transgressions along the equatorial and eastern margins of Brazil

DF Rossetti, FHR Bezerra, JML Dominguez - Earth-Science Reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
The seaboard of Brazil is a highly favorable setting for studying episodes of worldwide sea-
level rise because of its passive nature. Previous studies of the equatorial coast of Brazil …

Review of active faults in the Borborema Province, Intraplate South America—Integration of seismological and paleoseismological data

FHR Bezerra, AF do Nascimento, JM Ferreira… - Tectonophysics, 2011 - Elsevier
In this paper, we provide a review of the properties and behavior of active faults in the
Borborema Province, northeastern Brazil, using instrumental, historical and …

Recognising triggers for soft-sediment deformation: current understanding and future directions

G Owen, M Moretti, P Alfaro - Sedimentary Geology, 2011 - Elsevier
Most of the 16 papers in this special issue were presented at a session entitled “The
recognition of trigger mechanisms for soft-sediment deformation” at the 27th IAS Meeting of …

Neotectonic reactivation of shear zones and implications for faulting style and geometry in the continental margin of NE Brazil

FHR Bezerra, DF Rossetti, RG Oliveira, WE Medeiros… - Tectonophysics, 2014 - Elsevier
The eastern continental margin of South America comprises a series of rift basins developed
during the breakup of Pangea in the Jurassic–Cretaceous. We integrated high resolution …

Review of tectonic inversion of sedimentary basins in NE and N Brazil: Analysis of mechanisms, timing and effects on structures and relief

FH Bezerra, FO Marques, DL Vasconcelos… - Journal of South …, 2023 - Elsevier
Most intraplate areas worldwide are under compression characterized by thrust and strike-
slip deformations. The sources of the stresses in these regions are a combination of far-field …

Evidences of buried loads in the base of the crust of Borborema Plateau (NE Brazil) from Bouguer admittance estimates

RG de Oliveira, WE de Medeiros - Journal of South American Earth …, 2012 - Elsevier
In the Borborema Province (BP)–northeastern Brazil–two important Cenozoic events
occurred at the surface: the Macau magmatism and the Borborema Plateau epeirogenesis …

Late Pleistocene–Holocene evolution of the Doce River delta, southeastern Brazil: implications for the understanding of wave-influenced deltas

D de Fátima Rossetti, SP Polizel, MCL Cohen… - Marine Geology, 2015 - Elsevier
Brazil's coast displays many wave-influenced deltas that are still incompletely understood,
despite their significance for reconstructing the history of Late Pleistocene–Holocene sea …

Post-rift geomorphological evolution of a passive continental margin (Paraíba region, northeastern Brazil): insights from river profile and drainage divide analysis

FC Alves, M Stokes, SJ Boulton, D de Fátima Rossetti… - Geomorphology, 2022 - Elsevier
The post-rift erosional history of elevated passive continental margins (EPCMs) has been
considered of low-rate tectonics across many regions worldwide. However, research in the …

Basement fabric controls rift nucleation and postrift basin inversion in the continental margin of NE Brazil

DL Vasconcelos, FHR Bezerra, WE Medeiros… - Tectonophysics, 2019 - Elsevier
In passive continental margins, the brittle reactivation of shear zones and their role in the
deformation and deposition of sedimentary basins are still a matter of debate. In this …

[HTML][HTML] Condicionamento estrutural do relevo no Nordeste setentrional brasileiro

RP Maia, FHR Bezerra - Mercator (Fortaleza), 2014 - SciELO Brasil
O presente trabalho fará uma análise acerca do condicionamento morfoestrutural do relevo
no Nordeste setentrional brasileiro com ênfase no papel exercido pelas estruturas de …