The Amazon Cone, located in the Brazilian Equatorial Margin, is constituted by a large deltaic sedimentation, which started in the Middle Miocene in response to the reversion of the Amazon river drainage following the main Andean orogenic stage. The crustal arrangement in the Amazon Cone region was investigated in this study, based on an integrated analysis of gravity data. Crustal configuration showed by 2-D gravity modelling based on density models constructed with seismic interpretation results, allowing to verify: (1) sedimentary thickness; (2) crustal thickness and (3) morphology and depth of the crust-mantle interface. Non-linear inversion algorithm was used, applying a density model with exponential variation (in terms of depth). Thus, depths of the crust-mantle interface and crustal thickness values were adjusted, being coherent with refraction seismic data. The reached results in this work allowed the characterization of the crustal structure in the region, as well as the observation of the principal geological features.
gravity; 2-D gravity modelling; non-linear inversion; crustal structure
