New maps of global geological provinces and tectonic plates

D Hasterok, JA Halpin, AS Collins, M Hand… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Accurate spatial models of tectonic plates and geological terranes are important for
analyzing and interpreting a wide variety of geoscientific data and develo** compositional …

Paleoproterozoic gold events in the southern West African Craton: review and synopsis

Q Masurel, A Eglinger, N Thébaud, A Allibone… - Mineralium …, 2022 - Springer
The southern part of the West African Craton includes the Baoulé-Mossi Domain, the world's
premier Paleoproterozoic gold province (~ 10,000 metric ton gold endowment). Structural …

[HTML][HTML] A geochronological review of magmatism along the external margin of Columbia and in the Grenville-age orogens forming the core of Rodinia

Å Johansson, B Bingen, H Huhma, T Waight… - Precambrian …, 2022 - Elsevier
A total of 4344 magmatic U-Pb ages in the range 2300 to 800 Ma have been compiled from
the Great Proterozoic Accretionary Orogen along the margin of the Columbia/Nuna …

A review of the Precambrian tectonic evolution of the Aravalli Craton, northwestern India: Structural, metamorphic and geochronological perspectives from the …

S Ghosh, J D'Souza, BR Goud, N Prabhakar - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Aravalli Craton, representing the Precambrian nucleus of northwestern India,
consists of the Archean Banded Gneissic Complex (BGC; 3.3–2.5 Ga) overlain by …

Nature of the northern Indian plate margin during the assembly of supercontinent Columbia: was it a part of a double subduction?

P Phukon - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Paleo-Mesoproterozoic Lesser Himalayan Crystalline Sequence (LHCS) of the
Himalayan orogen is critical in the understanding of pre-Himalayan tectonics in relation to …

New evidence for crustal reworking and juvenile arc‐magmatism during the Palaeoproterozoic Eburnean events in the Suhum Basin, South‐east Ghana

PO Amponsah, D Kwayisi, EK Awunyo… - Geological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Contrary to what is currently known, archetypal zircon samples from gneisses and intrusive
leucogranites in the Palaeoproterozoic Suhum Basin, SE Ghana, suggest the involvement of …

Geology, zircon U–Pb dating and εHf data for the Julie greenstone belt and associated rocks in NW Ghana: Implications for Birimian-to-Tarkwaian correlation and …

S Nunoo, A Hofmann, J Kramers - Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
The Julie greenstone belt of NW Ghana is characterized by a predominately volcanic
succession of basalt with minor rhyolite and a mainly sedimentary succession of siltstone …

Revised stratigraphic framework for the lower Anti-Atlas supergroup based on U–Pb geochronology of magmatic and detrital zircons (Zenaga and Bou Azzer-El …

AA Lahna, N Youbi, CCG Tassinari, MAS Basei… - Journal of African Earth …, 2020 - Elsevier
U–Pb geochronology of magmatic and detrital zircons (Zenaga and Bou Azzer-El Graara
inliers, Anti-Atlas Belt, Morocco) and a reassessment of the published constraints suggest a …

The global tectonic context of the ca. 2.27-1.96 Ga Birimian Orogen–Insights from comparative studies, with implications for supercontinent cycles

M Grenholm - Earth-Science Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
The evolution of orogenic systems is a function of their overall tectonic context, and global
reconstructions therefore provide a crucial framework for understanding the geodynamic …

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 …