Format:
1 online resource (119 pages)
ISBN:
9783030133115
Series Statement:
SpringerBriefs in Latin American Studies
Content:
Intro -- Introduction -- Contents -- 1 The Paradigm of Stable Intraplate Regions and Neotectonics in Northeastern Brazil -- 1.1 The Stable Crust Paradigm -- 1.2 The South American Plate -- 1.3 Seismicity in Northeastern Brazil -- 1.4 The Causes of Intraplate Seismicity and Examples of Seismogenic Faults -- 1.5 Present-Day Stress Field -- 1.5.1 Focal Mechanisms -- 1.5.2 Borehole Breakouts -- 1.5.3 Image Logs -- 1.5.4 Fault-Slip Data in Quaternary and Miocene Sedimentary Units -- References -- 2 Understanding the Geological Setting of Northeastern Brazil -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Borborema Province -- 2.3 The Cretaceous Basins -- 2.4 The Neogene-Quaternary Sedimentary Covers -- 2.5 Introduction to Neotectonics in Northeastern Brazil -- 2.6 Paleoseismicity in Northeastern Brazil -- 2.7 Miocene to Quaternary Tectonics and Sea-Level Changes -- References -- 3 The Geomorphology of the Northeast: Classical and Current Perspectives -- 3.1 Classic Models of Geomorphological Evolution -- 3.2 Genetic Aspects of the Relief of Northeastern Brazil: Classic Concepts -- 3.3 Synthesis of the Weak Points of the Paleosurface Model -- 3.4 Current Concepts About the Geomorphology of Northeastern Brazil -- References -- 4 The Erosion and Exhumation of Massifs in Precambrian Shear Zones -- 4.1 Influence of Fault Reactivations on the Relief Evolution in the Borborema Province -- 4.2 Structural Control of the Relief and Drainage: Examples from the Borborema Province -- 4.3 Structural Controls -- 4.4 Exhumation of the Brasiliana Shear Zones -- 4.5 Differential Erosion and Topographical Inversion -- 4.6 Granitic Inselbergs -- References -- 5 The Morphostructural Evolution of Cretaceous Basins -- 5.1 Neotectonic Stress Field and Basins Inversion -- 5.2 Geological and Geomorphological Characterization of the Potiguar Basin.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783030133108
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9783030133108
Language:
English
