Pegmatitic rocks are very coarse-grained basement rocks abundant in quartz, feldspar or/and mica, in places, endowed either with mega crystals of the aforementioned rock …
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 …
A Bekker, JF Slack, N Planavsky… - Economic …, 2010 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Iron formations are economically important sedimentary rocks that are most common in Precambrian sedimentary successions. Although many aspects of their origin remain …
80% of the continental crust was produced during the 4.0–2.0 Ga time span, but the preserved area of Archean/early Paleoproterozoic cratons is smaller than 40%. Part of this …
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 …
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 …
Geological and geochronological correlations between Borborema province (NE Brazil) and neighboring cratons and Brasiliano/Pan‐African belts indicate that the Amazonian, West …
RA Fuck, BBB Neves, C Schobbenhaus - Precambrian Research, 2008 - Elsevier
Geological structures and Precambrian rock units thought to be related to Rodinia Supercontinent evolution were recognized in three main domains of South America:(i) …
AH Fetter, TJS dos Santos, WR Van Schmus… - Gondwana …, 2003 - Elsevier
Recent field investigations and geochronological studies of Neoproterozoic rocks in the northwestern part of the Borborema Province, Ceará State, NE Brazil provide important …