The Araras Escarpment in the upper Paraná River: implications to fluvial neotectonics on the Paraná drainage net evolution

The Paraná River hydrographical basin, the second largest in South America, has in its upper reach an anomalous geomorphological structure, in relation to the general NNE-WSW channel direction. This anomaly occurs south adjacent to the Rio do Peixe river mouth, where the Paraná River makes a U...

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Main Authors: Mario Lincoln Etchebehere, Vicente José Fulfaro, Antonio Roberto Saad, José Alexandre J. Perinotto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: União da Geomorfologia Brasileira 2005-11-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Geomorfologia
Online Access:http://www.lsie.unb.br/rbg/index.php/rbg/article/view/45