São Francisco Craton, Eastern Brazil Tectonic Genealogy of a Miniature Continent /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Heilbron, Monica (Editor), Cordani, Umberto G. (Editor), Alkmim, Fernando F. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Regional Geology Reviews,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geology.; Economic geology.; Historical geology.; Structural geology.; Earth Sciences.; Structural Geology.; Historical Geology.; Economic Geology.

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...

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.