Geological investigation of the central portion of the Santa Marta impact structure, Piauí State, Brazil

ABSTRACT: Santa Marta is a 10 km wide, reasonably well preserved, complex impact structure located in southwestern Piauí state, northeastern Brazil, with a central uplift of 3.2 km diameter. The Santa Marta structure was recently recognized as the sixth confirmed impact structure in Brazil, based on...

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Main Authors: Grace Juliana Gonçalves de Oliveira, Marlei Antônio Carrari Chamani, Ana Maria Góes, Alvaro Penteado Crósta, Marcos Alberto Rodrigues Vasconcelos, Wolf Uwe Reimold
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Geologia
Series:Brazilian Journal of Geology
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