Amalgamating eastern Gondwana: the evolution of the Circum-Indian Orogens

AS Collins, SA Pisarevsky - Earth-Science Reviews, 2005 - Elsevier
The Neoproterozoic global reorganisation that saw the demise of Rodinia and the
amalgamation of Gondwana took place during an incredibly dynamic period of Earth …

[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 …

Proterozoic links between the Borborema province, NE Brazil, and the central African fold belt

WR Van Schmus, EP Oliveira… - Geological Society …, 2008 - lyellcollection.org
The Congo (CC) and the São Francisco (SFC) cratons were joined at about 2.05 Ga;
northern parts of Palaeoproterozoic basement subsequently underwent extension at about 1 …

Terrane assembly and geodynamic evolution of central–western Hoggar: a synthesis

R Caby - Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2003 - Elsevier
After a review of the rock sequences and evolution of the eastern and central terranes of
Hoggar, this paper focusses on the Neoproterozoic subduction-related evolution and …

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 …

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 …

Evolution of the African continental crust as recorded by U–Pb, Lu–Hf and O isotopes in detrital zircons from modern rivers

T Iizuka, IH Campbell, CM Allen, JB Gill… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2013 - Elsevier
To better understand the evolutionary history of the African continental crust, a combined U–
Pb, Lu–Hf and O isotopic study has been carried out by in situ analyses of approximately …

Obliquely convergent tectonics and granite emplacement in the Trans-Saharan belt of Eastern Nigeria: a synthesis

E Ferré, G Gleizes, R Caby - Precambrian research, 2002 - Elsevier
The Eastern Nigeria terrane belongs to the 3000 km-long Trans-Saharan belt which was
formed in the Neoproterozoic, between 750 and 500 Ma by continental collision between the …

Late Neoproterozoic and Early Cambrian palaeogeography: models and problems

SA Pisarevsky, JB Murphy, PA Cawood… - Geological Society …, 2008 - lyellcollection.org
We present two alternative sets of global palaeogeographical reconstructions for the time
interval 615–530 Ma using competing high and low-latitude palaeomagnetic data subsets …

Pan-African, post-collisional, ferro-potassic granite and quartz–monzonite plutons of Eastern Nigeria

EC Ferré, R Caby, JJ Peucat, R Capdevila, P Monié - Lithos, 1998 - Elsevier
Three Pan-African hypersthene-bearing monzogranitic and quartz–monzonitic plutons from
the Eastern terrane of Nigeria have been investigated in detail. New major, trace and REE …