Iron formations: A global record of Neoarchaean to Palaeoproterozoic environmental history

KO Konhauser, NJ Planavsky, DS Hardisty… - Earth-Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
Iron formations (IF) represent an iron-rich rock type that typifies many Archaean and
Proterozoic supracrustal successions and are chemical archives of Precambrian seawater …

Pegmatites and aplites: Their genetic and applied ore geology

HG Dill - Ore Geology Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
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 …

[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 …

Iron formation: the sedimentary product of a complex interplay among mantle, tectonic, oceanic, and biospheric processes

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 …

Comparative geological evolution of the Borborema Province and São Francisco Craton (eastern Brazil): Decratonization and crustal reworking during West …

SP Neves - Precambrian Research, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

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 …

Neoproterozoic magmatic arc volcanism in the Borborema Province, NE Brazil: possible flare-ups and lulls and implications for western Gondwana assembly

FA Caxito, CF Basto, LCM de Lira Santos, EL Dantas… - Gondwana …, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

Proterozoic history of the Borborema province (NE Brazil): Correlations with neighboring cratons and Pan‐African belts and implications for the evolution of western …

SP Neves - Tectonics, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Geological and geochronological correlations between Borborema province (NE Brazil) and
neighboring cratons and Brasiliano/Pan‐African belts indicate that the Amazonian, West …

Rodinia descendants in south America

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) …

Evidence for Neoproterozoic continental arc magmatism in the Santa Quitéria Batholith of Ceará State, NW Borborema Province, NE Brazil: implications for the …

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 …