The Staircase Structure of the Southern Brazilian Continental Shelf
We show some evidences that the Southeastern Brazilian Continental Shelf (SBCS) has a devil's staircase structure, with a sequence of scarps and terraces with widths that obey fractal formation rules. Since the formation of these features is linked with the sea-level variations, we say that the...
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doaj-5fb245bc12524cdaab069509d089af9d2020-11-25T02:47:46ZengHindawi LimitedMathematical Problems in Engineering1024-123X1563-51472009-01-01200910.1155/2009/624861624861The Staircase Structure of the Southern Brazilian Continental ShelfM. S. Baptista0L. A. Conti1Centro de Matemática da Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 687, 4169-007 Porto, PortugalEscola de Artes Ciências e Humanidades, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua Arlindo Bettio 1000, 03828-000 São Paulo, SP, BrazilWe show some evidences that the Southeastern Brazilian Continental Shelf (SBCS) has a devil's staircase structure, with a sequence of scarps and terraces with widths that obey fractal formation rules. Since the formation of these features is linked with the sea-level variations, we say that the sea level changes in an organized pulsating way. Although the proposed approach was applied in a particular region of the Earth, it is suitable to be applied in an integrated way to other shelves around the world, since the analyses favor the revelation of the global sea-level variations.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/624861 |
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The Staircase Structure of the Southern Brazilian Continental Shelf |
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The Staircase Structure of the Southern Brazilian Continental Shelf |
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We show some evidences that the Southeastern Brazilian Continental Shelf (SBCS) has a devil's staircase structure, with a sequence of scarps and terraces with widths that obey fractal formation
rules. Since the formation of these features is linked with the sea-level variations, we say that the
sea level changes in an organized pulsating way. Although the proposed approach was applied in
a particular region of the Earth, it is suitable to be applied in an integrated way to other shelves
around the world, since the analyses favor the revelation of the global sea-level variations. |
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