São Francisco Craton, Eastern Brazil Tectonic Genealogy of a Miniature Continent
The region of the São Francisco river valley in eastern Brazil encompasses two main components of the geologic framework of the South American continent: the São Francisco craton and its marginal orogenic belts. Cratons, as the oldest, differentiated and relatively stable pieces of the continental l...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2017, 2017
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2017 |
| Series: | Regional Geology Reviews
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- From the Contents: PART I Overview
- PART II The craton basement
- PART III The intracratonic and marginal basins
- PART IV The intraplate Magmatic Episodes
- PART V The marginal belts
- PART VI Tectonic Synthesis
- Tectonic evolution of the São Francisco craton and its margin