Recent progress in plate tectonic reconstructions has seen models move beyond the
classical idea of continental drift by attempting to reconstruct the full evolving configuration of …

Abstract The North China Craton (NCC) is one of the important Precambrian nuclei of the
globe as well as an integral component of the Paleoproterozoic supercontinent Columba …

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 …

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

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

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 …

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 …

Gondwana was consolidated in the late Cambrian after 180 myr of tectonic convergence
among Neoproterozoic paleocontinents and smaller fragments. We present a compilation of …

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

Large-scale strike-slip faults are fundamental tectonic elements of the continental
lithosphere. They constitute plate boundaries (continental transforms), separate terranes …