Atlantic Rifts and Continental Margins

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910830412803321
• Autore: Talwani Manik
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Place of publication not identified], : American Geophysical Union, 2000
• ISBN: 1-118-66449-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 354 pages)
• Collana: Geophysical monograph, 115 ; ; 127
• Disciplina: 551.46/0843
• Soggetti: Geology, Structural; Continental margins; Sedimentation and deposition
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface -- Webster Mohriak -- Manik Talwani -- Introduction -- Webster Mohriak -- From Collision to Extension: The Roots of the Southeastern Continental Margin of Brazil -- Monica Heilbron -- Webster U. Mohriak -- Claudio M. Valeriano -- Edison J. Milani -- Julio Almeida -- Miguel Tupinamba -- The Mosaic of Terranes in Central Europe as seen by Deep Reflection Studies -- Rolf Meissner -- Deep Structure of North West Europe from Deep Seismic Profiling: The Link Between Basement Tectonics and Basin Development -- Richard W. England -- Architecture of the Continental Margin in the Gulf of Guinea as Revealed by Reprocessed Deep-Imaging Seismic Data -- Bruce R. Rosendahl -- Henrike Groschel-Becker -- Tectonic and Stratigraphic Development of the Rio Muni Basin, Equatorial Guinea: the Role of Transform Zones in Atlantic Basin Evolution -- Paul Dailly -- Evolution of the Angolan Passive Margin, West Africa, with Emphasis on Post-Salt Structural Styles -- L. Gyorgy Marton -- Gabor C. Tari -- Christoph T. Lehmann -- Slope Tectonics-Comparisons and Contrasts of Structural Styles of Salt and Shale Tectonics of the Northern Gulf of Mexico with Shale Tectonics of Offshore Nigeria in Gulf of Guinea -- Shengyu Wu -- Albert W. Bally -- Deep-Water, Salt-Cored Foldbelts: Lessons from the Mississippi Fan and Perdido Foldbelts, Northern Gulf of Mexico -- Mark G. Rowan -- Bruce D. Trudgill -- J. Carl Fiduk -- Geological and Geophysical Interpretation of the San Julian Basin Offshore Argentina -- ; J.R.S. Soares F. -- A.P. Miranda -- A.M.F. de Figueiredo -- Inferences Regarding Initiation of Oceanic Crust Formation From the U.S. East Coast Margin and Conjugate South Atlantic Margins -- Manik Talwani -- Vitor Abreu -- The Oceanic Segment of the Southern Brazilian Margin: Morpho-Structural Domains and Their Tectonic Significance -- Marcelo Bassetto -- Fernando F. Alkmim -- Peter Szatmari -- Webster U. Mohriak -- Ocean-Continent Transition and Tectonic Framework of the Oceanic Crust at the Continental Margin off NE Brazil: Results of LEPLAC Project -- Paulo Otavio Gomes -- Benedito S. Gomes -- Jorge J. C. Palma -- Koji Jinno -- Jairo M. de Souza -- Tectonic Evolution of the Rift Basins in the Northeastern Brazilian Region -- Webster U. Mohriak -- Marcelo Bassetto -- Ines S. Vieira -- Towards Dynamic Restoration of Geologic Profiles: Some Lessons from Analogue Modelling -- Hemin A. Koyi -- Tectonic Evolution of the Equatorial South Atlantic -- 331 -- Renato M. Darros de Matos.