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Sao Francisco Craton, Eastern Brazil
. Ed(S): Heilbron, Monica; Cordani, Umberto G.; Heilbron, Monica L. R.; Flecha de Alkmim, Fernando
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Hardback. Editor(s): Heilbron, Monica; Cordani, Umberto G.; Heilbron, Monica L. R.; Flecha de Alkmim, Fernando. Series: Regional Geology Reviews. Num Pages: 331 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 148 colour illustrations, 25 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; RBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 210. Weight in Grams: 1079.
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 lithosphere, preserve a substantial part of the Earth's memory. Orogenic belts, on the other hand, record collisional processes that occurred during a limited time span. Because of their topographic relief, mountain belts developed along craton margins provide however access to rock successions not exposed in the low lands of the adjacent cratons. The combination of ... Read more
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 lithosphere, preserve a substantial part of the Earth's memory. Orogenic belts, on the other hand, record collisional processes that occurred during a limited time span. Because of their topographic relief, mountain belts developed along craton margins provide however access to rock successions not exposed in the low lands of the adjacent cratons. The combination of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
331
Condition
New
Series
Regional Geology Reviews
Number of Pages
331
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319017143
SKU
V9783319017143
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