Fracture Pattern in the Serra dos Órgãos range, Rio de Janeiro state and its relationship to the mesozoic-cenozoic tectonics of southeastern Brazil

• Main Authors: Hartwig, Marcos Eduardo, Riccomini, Claudio
• Other Authors: FAPESP e CNPq
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Zeppelini Editorial 2009
• Subjects: Área: Geociências; Subárea: Geologia; tectônica rúptil; fraturas; Serra dos Órgãos; Rio de Janeiro; sudeste do Brasil; brittle tectonics; fractures; Serra dos Órgãos range; Rio de Janeiro; southeastern Brazil; Sudeste; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://revistas.ufpr.br/rbg/article/view/11487; https://doi.org/10.5380/rbg.v39i3.11487

The Serra dos Órgãos range, between Petrópolis and Teresópolis cities, Rio de Janeiro State, is one of the most remarkable physiographic features of southeastern Brazilian coast. This feature, part of the Serra do Mar coastal range, with summits over 2.200 m.a.s.l, follow Precambrian basement struct...