A geodynamic model for the Paleoproterozoic (ca. 2.27–1.96 Ga) Birimian Orogen of the southern West African Craton–Insights into an evolving accretionary …

M Grenholm, M Jessell, N Thébaud - Earth-science reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
This study presents an updated geodynamic model for the 2270–1960 Ma Birimian Orogen
in the southern West African Craton (sWAC), which form part of a large accretionary …

The Zircon Story of the Niger River: Time‐Structure Maps of the West African Craton and Discontinuous Propagation of Provenance Signals Across a Disconnected …

G Pastore, E Garzanti, P Vermeesch… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Niger River drains a large part of the West African Craton, where rocks ranging
in age from Paleoarchean to recent offer an unexcelled opportunity to map the diverse time …

Zircon U–Pb–Hf evidence for subduction related crustal growth and reworking of Archaean crust within the Palaeoproterozoic Birimian terrane, West African Craton …

A Petersson, A Scherstén, AIS Kemp… - Precambrian …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Zircon Lu–Hf isotopic data from granites of southern and northwestern Ghana have
been used to investigate the contribution of reworked Archaean bedrock to the Birimian crust …

[HTML][HTML] Extensive reworking of Archaean crust within the Birimian terrane in Ghana as revealed by combined zircon U-Pb and Lu-Hf isotopes

A Petersson, A Scherstén, A Gerdes - Geoscience Frontiers, 2018 - Elsevier
Located in the southeastern parts of the Baoulé Mossi domain of the West African Craton,
the Birimian terrane in Ghana is known to consist of predominantly juvenile crust emplaced …

The onset of the Eburnean collision with the Kenema-Man craton evidenced by plutonic and volcanosedimentary rock record of the Masssigui region, southern Mali

O Wane, JP Liégeois, N Thébaud, J Miller… - Precambrian …, 2018 - Elsevier
The Massigui region is located in the western Paleoproterozoic Baoulé-Mossi domain close
to the Archean Kenema-Man domain, Man Shield, West African Craton, which is an ideal …

Crustal growth and reworking of Archean crust within the Rhyacian domains of the southeastern Guiana Shield, Brazil: Evidence from zircon U–Pb–Hf and whole-rock …

JMM Neto, JM Lafon - Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The southeastern Guiana Shield, northern Amazonian Craton, is part of a
Paleoproterozoic orogenic belt that was built up during the Transamazonian orogenic cycle …