the cretaceous alkaline dyke swarm in the central segment of the asunción rift, eastern paraguay its regional distribution, mechanism of emplacement, and tectonic significance白垩纪碱性岩脉群在亚松森裂谷的中心环节,巴拉圭东部地区分布、侵位机制,构造意义.pdfVIP

Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Geological Research Volume 2011, Article ID 946701, 18 pages doi:10.1155/2011/946701 Research Article The Cretaceous Alkaline Dyke Swarm in the Central Segment of ´ the Asuncion Rift, Eastern Paraguay: Its Regional Distribution, Mechanism of Emplacement, and Tectonic Significance ´ 1 2 2 2 Victor F. Velazquez, Claudio Riccomini, Celso de Barros Gomes, and Jason Kirk 1 Escola de Artes, Ciˆencias e Humanidades, Universidade de S˜ao Paulo, Rua Arlindo B´ettio 1000, Ermelino Matarazzo, 03828-000 S˜ao Paulo, SP, Brazil 2 Instituto de Geociˆencias, Universidade de S˜ao Paulo, Rua do Lago 562, 05508-080 S˜ao Paulo, SP, Brazil ´ Correspondence should be addressed to Victor F. Velazquez, vvf@usp.br Received 21 July 2010; Revised 16 November 2010; Accepted 19 February 2011 Academic Editor: Jan Veizer ´ Copyright © 2011 Victor F. Velazquez et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. ´ A structural analysis of Cretaceous alkaline dykes swarm associated with the central segment of the Asuncion Rift is reported here. Dykes are generally single near-vertical tabular bodies, less than 5 m wide, although multiple and