A full-plate global reconstruction of the Neoproterozoic

AS Merdith, AS Collins, SE Williams, S Pisarevsky… - Gondwana …, 2017 - Elsevier
Neoproterozoic tectonic geography was dominated by the formation of the supercontinent
Rodinia, its break-up and the subsequent amalgamation of Gondwana. The Neoproterozoic …

The formation of Pangea

GM Stampfli, C Hochard, C Vérard, C Wilhem - Tectonophysics, 2013 - Elsevier
The making of Pangea is the result of large-scale amalgamation of continents and micro-
continents, which started at the end of the Neoproterozoic with the formation of Gondwana …

[HTML][HTML] Toward an integrated model of geological evolution for NE Brazil-NW Africa: The Borborema Province and its connections to the Trans-Saharan (Benino …

FA Caxito, LCML Santos, CE Ganade… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2020 - SciELO Brasil
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 …

Proterozoic links between the Borborema province, NE Brazil, and the central African fold belt

WR Van Schmus, EP Oliveira… - Geological Society …, 2008 - lyellcollection.org
The Congo (CC) and the São Francisco (SFC) cratons were joined at about 2.05 Ga;
northern parts of Palaeoproterozoic basement subsequently underwent extension at about 1 …

Precambrian history of the Zona Transversal of the Borborema Province, NE Brazil: insights from Sm–Nd and U–Pb geochronology

WR Van Schmus, M Kozuch… - Journal of South American …, 2011 - Elsevier
Abstract The Borborema Province has three major subprovinces. The northern subprovince
lies north of the Patos shear zone and is comprised of Paleoproterozoic cratonic basement …

The significance of the Transbrasiliano-Kandi tectonic corridor for the amalgamation of West Gondwana

UG Cordani, MM Pimentel, CEG Araújo… - Brazilian journal of …, 2013 - repositorio.usp.br
The assembly of West Gondwana was completed by the end of the Precambrian, when the
Amazonian, West African, São Francisco-Congo, Kalahari and Rio de la Plata cratons, as …

Neoproterozoic magmatic arc systems of the central Ribeira belt, SE-Brazil, in the context of the West-Gondwana pre-collisional history: A review

M Heilbron, C de Morisson Valeriano, C Peixoto… - Journal of South …, 2020 - Elsevier
This synthesis presents the complex evolution of two different magmatic arc systems in the
Ribeira belt, which were progressively accreted onto the southeastern and southern border …

The fundamental role of the Borborema and Benin–Nigeria provinces of NE Brazil and NW Africa during the development of the South Atlantic Cretaceous Rift system

RMD de Matos, A Krueger, I Norton, K Casey - Marine and Petroleum …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Borborema and Benin–Nigeria Provinces are composed of a complex network
of Neoproterozoic mobile belts, and large-scale shear zones. The evolution of the South …

Geology of the northern Borborema Province, NE Brazil and its correlation with Nigeria, NW Africa

MH Arthaud, R Caby, RA Fuck, EL Dantas… - Geological Society …, 2008 - lyellcollection.org
Abstract The Borborema and Benin–Nigeria provinces of NE Brazil and NW Africa,
respectively, are key areas in the amalgamation of West Gondwana by continental collision …

U–Pb ages of detrital zircons from the Basal allochthonous units of NW Iberia: Provenance and paleoposition on the northern margin of Gondwana during the …

RD Fernández, JRM Catalán, A Gerdes, J Abati… - Gondwana …, 2010 - Elsevier
LA-ICP-MS U–Pb ages of detrital zircons from eight siliciclastic samples from the Basal units
of the Variscan allochthonous complexes of NW Iberia are used to establish the maximum …