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Brittle Deformation in the Neoproterozoic Basement of Southeast Brazil: Traces of Intraplate Cenozoic Tectonics.
| Title: | Brittle Deformation in the Neoproterozoic Basement of Southeast Brazil: Traces of Intraplate Cenozoic Tectonics. |
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| Authors: | Pinheiro, Marcos Roberto, Cianfarra, Paola |
| Source: | Geosciences (2076-3263); Jul2021, Vol. 11 Issue 7, p270, 1p |
| Abstract: | The basement of southeast Brazil is traditionally interpreted as the result of Neoproterozoic and early Paleozoic orogenic cycles. Wide regions of the Atlantic Plateau (southeast Brazil) are characterized by rocks and tectonic structures of Precambrian age. According to the classical literature, these regions have not been affected by tectonics since the Miocene, despite the fact that they rest close to Cenozoic basins, which have suffered recent tectonic deformation. The objective of this research is to evaluate the role of neotectonics in the Atlantic Plateau. This task is accomplished through a multiscalar approach which includes lineament domain analysis from regionally sized digital elevation models and structural geology field surveys. Lineaments are automatically detected and statistically analyzed. Azimuthal analyses of data on faults and fractures by a polynomial Gaussian fit enables the identification of the main structural trends. Fault-slip direct inversion by means of the original Monte Carlo approach allows one to compute the multiple paleostresses that produced the measured fault population. The results show the presence of a principal ENE–WSW lineament domain, related to an old shear zone possibly reactivated since the Miocene. One of the paleostresses computed from fault-slip inversion is in agreement with the neotectonic stress-field proposed by other authors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Subject Terms: | CENOZOIC Era, STRUCTURAL geology, DIGITAL elevation models, BASEMENTS, MIOCENE Epoch |
| Geographic Terms: | BRAZIL |
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| ISSN: | 20763263 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/geosciences11070270 |
| Database: | Complementary Index |
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