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[email protected] Academia Brasileira de Ciências Brasil Karniol, Tiago R.; Machado, Rômulo; Dehler, Nolan M. Transpressive dextral shear in the Italva-Itaperuna section, Northern State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, vol. 80, núm. 3, septiembre, 2008, pp. 565-577 Academia Brasileira de Ciências Rio de Janeiro, Brasil Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=32713466016 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative “main” — 2008/7/31 — 13:27 — page 565 — #1 Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências (2008) 80(3): 565-577 (Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences) ISSN 0001-3765 www.scielo.br/aabc Transpressive Dextral Shear in the Italva-Itaperuna Section, Northern State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil TIAGO R. KARNIOL1, RÔMULO MACHADO2 and NOLAN M. DEHLER3 1Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geoquímica e Geotectônica, Instituto de Geociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Lago, 562, 05508-080 São Paulo, SP, Brasil 2Departamento de Geologia Sedimentar e Ambiental, Instituto de Geociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Lago, 562, 05508-080 São Paulo, SP, Brasil 3PETROBRAS – E&P EXP/GEO/GEAT, Av. República do Chile, 65, 20031-912 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil Manuscript received on September 17, 2007; accepted for publication on March 25, 2008; presented by ALCIDES N.SIAL ABSTRACT Structural analysis carried out on a segment of the Neoproterozoic Ribeira Belt, southeastern Brazil, show that it represents part of the transpressive dextral orogen related to the Central Mantiqueira Province.