Subduction and continental collision in the Neoproterozoic: Sanukitoid-like magmatism and paired metamorphism in SE Brazil

RS Marimon, CJ Hawkesworth, RAJ Trouw… - Precambrian …, 2022 - Elsevier
Collisional orogens are a periodic manifestation of plate tectonics on Earth. They form by the
amalgamation of continental blocks, and they take place along both active and passive …

The provenance of Avalonia and its tectonic implications: a critical reappraisal

JB Murphy, RD Nance, L Wu - 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The late Neoproterozoic–Cambrian interval is characterized by global-scale
orogenesis, rapid continental growth and profound changes in Earth systems. Orogenic …

Multiscale Structural Analysis of the Palmital Shear Zone: a possible suture between Luís Alves Microplate and Paranaguá Terrane, Southern Brazil

LFM da Costa, R da Silva Schmitt, N Stanton… - Journal of South …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Palmital Shear Zone, located in the southern Ribeira Orogen, is a NW-SE
oriented crustal-scale shear zone that marks the tectonic boundary between two contrasting …

The Neoproterozoic Andrelândia group: Evolution from an intraplate continental margin to an early collisional basin south of the São francisco craton, Brazil

K Kuster, A Ribeiro, RAJ Trouw, I Dussin… - Journal of South …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract New U–Pb and Lu–Hf zircon data for the Andrelândia Group are presented and
discussed with the previously published data to propose an evolutionary model. The …

[HTML][HTML] The generation and evolution of the Archean continental crust: The granitoid story in southeastern Brazil

RS Marimon, CJ Hawkesworth, EL Dantas… - Geoscience …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Archean Eon was a time of geodynamic changes. Direct evidence of these
transitions come from igneous/metaigneous rocks, which dominate cratonic segments …

The role of crustal-scale shear zones in SW Gondwana consolidation–transatlantic correlation

RS Schmitt, RAJ Trouw, EA Da Silva, JVM de Jesus… - 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We present the first correlation between South American and African shear zones based on
a reconstruction model of SW Gondwana continental crust, correlating 57 Brasiliano–Pan …

Paleoarchean to Neoproterozoic crust formation and migmatization events in the Borborema Province, NE Brazil: Implications for the growth and reworking of the …

FJS Fachetti, RA Fuck, RS Marimon, A Ferreira… - Gondwana …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Patos Shear System (PSS) is a 20–40 km wide domain of anastomosing shear
zones intercalated with non-mylonitic segments at the core of the Borborema Province, a …

Kyanite-garnet granulite from the Andrelândia nappe system, Brasília belt, registers two late Neoproterozoic metamorphic cycles

B Li, HJ Massonne, LA Hartmann, J Zhang, T Luo - Precambrian Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The southern Brasília belt (SBB) evolved during the Neoproterozoic amalgamation of
Western Gondwana. The Andrelândia nappe system (ANS) is part of the SBB and a key area …

Reactivated shear zones: a case study in a tectonic superposition zone between the Southern Brasília and Ribeira orogens, southeastern Brazil

MVF Fontainha, RAJ Trouw, EL Dantas… - Journal of South …, 2021 - Elsevier
New data are presented related to the evolution of major shear zones in the Neoproterozoic
Southern Brasília and Ribeira orogens, considering their attitude, kinematics and …

New evidence for superposition of two major Precambrian orogens in southeast Brazil

PC Furtado, RAJ Trouw, RPM Nunes… - Journal of South …, 2024 - Elsevier
The Neoproterozoic Brasiliano-Pan-African Orogeny led to the aglutination of blocks that
formed West Gondwana (Fig. 1a). In this context, detailed structural mapping, microtectonic …