Abstract Both the Borborema Province of NE Brazil and the geological provinces of NW
Africa (the Trans-Saharan Orogen consisted of the Tuareg and Benino-Nigerian shields and …

Abstract The Central African Fold Belt (CAFB) is the least well-known of all major Pan
African belts. Here, we present new geochronologic work carried out in several critical areas …

Abstract New zircon U-Pb (SHRIMP and LA-ICPMS), elemental and Nd-Sr geochemistry
data on rhyolitic metavolcanic and metavolcaniclastic rocks of NE Brazil characterize …

U–Pb zircon ages of igneous and metaigneous rocks in orogenic belts provide important
information concerning the occurrence and duration of magmatic and metamorphic events …

The structural framework of the Alto Pajeú Terrane, Borborema Province (NE Brazil) records
a complex tectonic evolution related to the Neoproterozoic amalgamation of Western …

In a pre-Mesozoic drift reconstitution, the Borborema Province in northeastern Brazil
connects with the Central African Fold belt to the East and with the Nigerian and Tuareg …

Neoproterozoic breakup of Rodinia resulted in the formation of several oceanic realms
between dispersing cratons, which were later consumed during the assembly of Gondwana …

This work deals with the origin and evolution of the magmatic rocks in the area north of the
Patos Lineament in the Borborema Province (BP). This northeastern segment of NE Brazil is …

U–Pb ages of detrital zircons and neodymium (Nd) isotope compositions from two
Neoproterozoic schist belts (Seridó and Lavras da Mangabeira) in the Borborema Province …

Africa's four major Proterozoic shields were tectonically separated from one-another within
the late Meso-to early Neo-Proterozoic Rodinia supercontinent along Rodinian mobile belts …