Models of crustal thickness for South America from seismic refraction, receiver functions and surface wave tomography

M Assumpção, M Feng, A Tassara, J Julià - Tectonophysics, 2013 - Elsevier
An extensive compilation of crustal thicknesses is used to develop crustal models in
continental South America. We consider point crustal thicknesses from seismic refraction …

Seismic structure of the crust and uppermost mantle of South America and surrounding oceanic basins

GS Chulick, S Detweiler, WD Mooney - Journal of South American Earth …, 2013 - Elsevier
We present a new set of contour maps of the seismic structure of South America and the
surrounding ocean basins. These maps include new data, hel** to constrain crustal …

Upper mantle structure of South America from joint inversion of waveforms and fundamental mode group velocities of Rayleigh waves

M Feng, S Van der Lee… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
A new tomographic S wave velocity model for the upper mantle beneath South America is
presented. We developed and applied a new method of simultaneously inverting regional S …

Mesoarchean assembly and stabilization of the eastern Kaapvaal craton: A structural‐thermochronological perspective

B Schoene, MJ de Wit, SA Bowring - Tectonics, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the construction and stabilization of Archean continental lithosphere has
important implications for models of tectonic and thermal regimes in the early Earth, as well …

Crustal thickness map of Brazil: Data compilation and main features

M Assumpção, M Bianchi, J Julià, FL Dias… - Journal of South …, 2013 - Elsevier
We present a crustal thickness map of Brazil and adjacent areas based on a compilation of
data published in the literature as well as new measurements. We used crustal thicknesses …

Mantle seismic structure beneath the Kaapvaal and Zimbabwe Cratons

MJ Fouch, DE James, JC VanDecar… - … African Journal of …, 2004 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We present results of seismic tomography for a broad region of southern Africa using data
from the seismic component of the Kaapvaal Project, a multinational, multidisciplinary …

Deep structure of the santos basin‐são Paulo plateau system, SE Brazil

M Evain, A Afilhado, C Rigoti, A Loureiro… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The structure and nature of the crust underlying the Santos Basin‐São Paulo Plateau
System (SSPS), in the SE Brazilian margin, are discussed based on five wide‐angle seismic …

Crustal structure of the Arabian plate: new constraints from the analysis of teleseismic receiver functions

K Al-Damegh, E Sandvol, M Barazangi - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2005 - Elsevier
Receiver functions for numerous teleseismic earthquakes recorded at 23 broadband and
mid-band stations in Saudi Arabia and Jordan were analyzed to map crustal thickness within …

Detailed Structure of the Subducted Nazca Slab into the Lower Mantle Derived From Continent‐Scale Teleseismic P Wave Tomography

DE Portner, EE Rodríguez, S Beck… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Nazca subduction beneath South America is one of our best modern examples of
long‐lived ocean‐continent subduction on the planet, serving as a foundation for our …

[HTML][HTML] The tectonic significance of the Cabo Frio Tectonic Domain in the SE Brazilian margin: a Paleoproterozoic through Cretaceous saga of a reworked continental …

RS Schmitt, R Trouw, WR Van Schmus… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2016 - SciELO Brasil
The Cabo Frio Tectonic Domain is composed of a Paleoproterozoic basement tectonically
interleaved with Neoproterozoic supracrustal rocks (Buzios-Palmital successions). It is in …