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 …

Obliquely convergent tectonics and granite emplacement in the Trans-Saharan belt of Eastern Nigeria: a synthesis

E Ferré, G Gleizes, R Caby - Precambrian research, 2002 - Elsevier
The Eastern Nigeria terrane belongs to the 3000 km-long Trans-Saharan belt which was
formed in the Neoproterozoic, between 750 and 500 Ma by continental collision between the …

The Pan-African reactivation of Eburnean and Archaean provinces in Nigeria: structural and isotopic data

E Ferré, J Déléris, JL Bouchez, AU Lar… - Journal of the …, 1996 - lyellcollection.org
Eastern Nigeria experienced high-grade metamorphism during the Pan-African collision
event marked by a pervasive migmatization. Structural evidence demonstrates that anatexis …

Metallogenesis of the Bakoshi-Kundila gold deposit in northern West Nigerian Subshield: Insights from pyrite chemical and sulfur isotopic compositions and zircon U …

SM Elatikpo, H Li, B Liu, WD Zhang - Precambrian Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Bakoshi-Kundila gold deposit, located in northern West Nigerian Subshield, in
the southern trans-Saharan Orogenic Belt of West Africa, is a recent discovery and …

Tectonometamorphic evolution of Ghana, Togo and Benin in the light of the Pan-African/Brasiliano orogeny

C Castaing, C Triboulet, JL Feybesse, P Chevremont - Tectonophysics, 1993 - Elsevier
Abstract The South Pan-African belt of West Africa (Ghana, Togo and Benin province) can
be divided into three domains: 1.(1) the external nappes thrust over the West African craton …

Pan-African nappe system in southwest Nigeria: the Ife-Ilesha schist belt

R Caby, JM Boesse - Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2001 - Elsevier
This paper presents new petrostructural data and a detailed geological map of the Ife-Ilesha
area, a classical schist belt in southwest Nigeria. The overall syn-metamorphic flat-lying …

The oldest rocks in West Africa: SHRIMP zircon age for early Archean migmatitic orthogneiss at Kaduna, northern Nigeria

A Kröner, BN Ekwueme… - The Journal of …, 2001 - journals.uchicago.edu
Zircons extracted from a migmatitic orthogneiss of granodioritic composition from Kabala,
Kaduna area of northern Nigeria, yielded a SHRIMP 207Pb/206Pb zircon age of Ma …

Gold potential of the Pan African Trans-Sahara belt and prospect for further exploration

BJ Fagbohun, AA Omitogun, OA Bamisaiye… - Ore Geology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Trans-Sahara belt is one of the mobile belts formed during the Pan African
orogeny that spans between~ 870 and~ 550 Ma. The Trans-Sahara belt was formed as …

Evolução neoproterozóica do Grupo Ceará (Domínio Ceará Central, NE Brasil): da sedimentação à colisão continental brasiliana

MH Arthaud - 2007 - icts.unb.br
A Província Borborema (Nordeste do Brasil) exibe o registro de uma evolução geológica
precambriana policíclica complexa, iniciada no Arqueano e encerrada, ao final do …

Origin and tectonic implications of ferroan alkali-calcic granitoids from the Hawal Massif, east-eastern Nigeria terrane: clues from geochemistry and zircon U-Pb-Hf …

I Bute, V Haruna - International Geology Review, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
Late Cryogenian to Ediacaran magmatism of the East-Eastern Nigerian Terrane (E-ENT) in
the Pan-African mobile belt provides a critical geological record that is important for …