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Formed between the Mesozoic and Cenozoic, Brazil has numerous offshore basins that contain oil, related to the rifting of the Atlantic Ocean. The Sergipe-Alagoas Basin is an example of Aptian age shale, conglomerate and sandstone deposited in the final phase of rifting, while the Miranga, Aracas, Dom Joao and Agua Grande fields reflect mid ...
The Pernambuco Fault or Pernambuco Shear Zone in northeastern Brazil is a fault radiating from the Trans Brazilian Lineament eastwards to the coast, a major geological feature. [ 1 ] Description
Southeast Brazil, South Brazil: Araçuaí Belt (Portuguese: Faixa Araçuaí) Northeast Brazil, Southeast Brazil: São Francisco Craton [2] The Araçuaí Belt is the western portion of an orogen that included the West Congo orogen. The rifting and opening of the South Atlantic Ocean divided this orogen into an African and a South American part.
The Guarujá Formation (Portuguese: Formacão Guarujá) is a geological formation of the Santos Basin offshore of the Brazilian states of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná and Santa Catarina. The predominantly calcarenite formation with marls dates to the Early Cretaceous period; Early Albian epoch and has a maximum thickness of 2,500 metres ...
The Brazilian Highlands or Brazilian Plateau (Portuguese: Planalto Brasileiro) is an extensive geographical region covering most of the eastern, southern and central portions of Brazil, in all some 4,500,000 km 2 (1,930,511 sq mi) or approximately half of the country's land area.
Sociedade Brasileira de Geologia (SBG) Other name (English: Brazilian Geological Society) Established: 6 May 1945: Mission "To foster the knowledge and development of geosciences, applied geology and related research and technology and the rational and sustainable use of mineral and water resources" [1]
The Trans Brazilian Lineament (TBL), or Transbrasiliano Lineament, is a major shear zone that developed in the Precambrian period, and that has been reactivated several times since then, mostly recently during the Mesozoic.
The journal covers the field of geology and related earth sciences, in Brazil, South America, and Antarctica, including oceanic regions adjacent to these regions. [1] The journal was established in 1971 and articles are published in English and Portuguese. The journal replaced the Boletim da Sociedade Brasileira de Geologia established in 1952.