From microanalysis to supercontinents: insights from the Rio Apa Terrane into the Mesoproterozoic SW Amazonian Craton evolution during Rodinia assembly

BV Ribeiro, MA Finch, PA Cawood… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Deciphering the tectono‐metamorphic evolution of Precambrian terranes can be difficult due
to reworking by later superimposed events. Whole‐rock elemental and isotopic …

Adjoint waveform tomography of South America

C Ciardelli, M Assumpção, E Bozdağ… - … Research: Solid Earth, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We used 3D spectral‐element seismic wave simulations and data from 112 earthquakes
and 1,311 seismic stations, totalizing 20,884 unique ray paths, to construct an adjoint …

Lithospheric Structure Of The Paraná, Chaco-Paraná, And Pantanal Basins: Insights From Ambient Noise And Earthquake-Based Surface Wave Tomography

DS Moura, AVS Nascimento, CAM Chaves… - Journal of South …, 2024 - Elsevier
To investigate the lithospheric seismic structure of southern South America beneath the
Paraná, Chaco-Paraná, and Pantanal basins, we measure two distinct sets of dispersion …

[HTML][HTML] An exotic Cretaceous kimberlite linked to metasomatized lithospheric mantle beneath the southwestern margin of the São Francisco Craton, Brazil

LDV Carvalho, T Jalowitzki, R Scholz, GO Gonçalves… - Geoscience …, 2022 - Elsevier
We present major and trace element compositions of mineral concentrates comprising
garnet xenocrysts, ilmenite, phlogopite, spinel, zircon, and uncommon minerals (titanite …

Lithospheric Architecture of the Paranapanema Block and Adjacent Nuclei Using Multiple‐Frequency P‐Wave Seismic Tomography

G Affonso, MP Rocha, ISL Costa… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We present a new P‐wave seismic tomographic model for the region of the Paraná Basin
and surroundings using a multiple‐frequency approach, providing better resolution than …

Mantle dynamics of the Andean Subduction Zone from continent-scale teleseismic S-wave tomography

EE Rodríguez, DE Portner, SL Beck… - Geophysical Journal …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
SUMMARY The Andean Subduction Zone is one of the longest continuous subduction
zones on Earth. The relative simplicity of the two-plate system has makes it an ideal natural …

[HTML][HTML] Unwrapping reworked crust at the Columbia supercontinent margin within central southern Amazon Craton using multi-source geophysics and geochronology …

JG Motta, PG Betts, VT Meira, VG Trevisan… - Geoscience …, 2022 - Elsevier
The geometry and evolution of pre-existing basement in accretionary belts bordering
supercontinents are often unclear. Integrative interpretation of long-wavelength potential …

New perspectives on the tectonic evolution of the eastern Paraguay Belt revealed through zircon U-Pb-Hf-O systematics of the inner units

GL Frugis, MCC Neto, A Westin, CM Fanning - Precambrian Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Paraguay Belt and Brasília Orogen, the western and eastern segments of the
Tocantins Province, respectively, recorded the interactions among the Amazonian, São …

Ambient seismic noise tomography in west-central and Southern Brazil, characterizing the crustal structure of the Chaco-Paraná, Pantanal and Paraná basins

T Shirzad, M Assumpcao… - Geophysical Journal …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Surface wave analysis provides important information on crustal structure, but it is
challenging to obtain accurate/robust models in aseismic regions because of the lack of …

Rayleigh wave group velocity maps at periods of 10–150 s beneath South America

AVS Nascimento, GS França… - Geophysical Journal …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Based on new data from permanent and temporary networks, we present fundamental mode
Rayleigh wave group velocity maps at periods of 10–150 s related to the lithosphere …