Basement inliers, commonly known as terranes, are important tectonic elements in orogenic
belts of all ages the world over. Since their identification and initial description in the 1970 …

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 review summarizes the results of nearly 50 years of application of geophysical data to
study tectonic problems in Borborema Province (BP), Northeastern Brazil. Much information …

Complexly deformed rocks that exhibit refolded folds and overprinting planar fabrics are
often interpreted as the result of polyphase deformation and described in a scheme of …

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 Neoproterozoic-Cambrian (Brasiliano) intracontinental Patos-Pernambuco
shear system is developed in Archean to Neoproterozoic crust, reactivating rift margins N of …

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

The structural framework of the Alto Pajeú Terrane, Borborema Province (NE Brazil) records
a complex tectonic evolution related to the Neoproterozoic amalgamation of Western …

ABSTRACT The Borborema Province in NE Brazil is part of a large Neoproterozoic orogenic
system related to the assembly of West Gondwana. Its evolution is contentious, due to the …

Western Gondwana amalgamated by collision of continental blocks that did not form prior
conjugated margins (extroversion), and by typical Wilson cycles, when continental blocks …