Analysis of recent geological and geochronological data from the basement of the South
American platform indicates that the Brasiliano orogenic collage took place in four distinct …

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 …

This report reviews and incorporates new elemental and isotope chemostratigraphic data for
correlation of Neoproterozoic carbonate-dominated successions in South America …

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 …

Abstract The Borborema Province BP (NE Brazil) consists of a complex rock mosaic
composed mainly by Proterozoic metasedimentary belts that amalgamate Archean-to …

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 Potiguar Basin is a∼ 6,000 m thick aborted NE-trending rift that was formed during the
Cretaceous in the continental margin of northeastern Brazil. Its∼ E–W-trending offshore …

U–Pb detrital zircon ages are reported from Puncoviscana Formation (late Neoproterozoic–
Early Cambrian) and Mesón Group (Late Cambrian) greywackes of northwest Argentina, to …

Large-scale strike-slip faults are fundamental tectonic elements of the continental
lithosphere. They constitute plate boundaries (continental transforms), separate terranes …

U–Pb geochronological analyses have been acquired on detrital zircon grains collected
from 14 samples in the Ceará Central (CCD) and Médio Coreaú (MCD) tectonic domains …