Relics of ophiolite-bearing accretionary wedges in NE Brazil and NW Africa: Connecting threads of western Gondwana´s ocean during Neoproterozoic times

Relics of ophiolite-bearing accretionary wedges in NE Brazil and NW Africa: Connecting threads of western Gondwana´s ocean during Neoproterozoic times

Neoproterozoic breakup of Rodinia resulted in the formation of several oceanic realms between dispersing cratons, which were later consumed during the assembly of Gondwana. In its western portion, the interior orogenic belts of Gondwana formed during the Brasiliano-Pan African Orogeny in the late Ne...

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Main Authors: Lauro Cézar M. de Lira Santos, Fabrício A. Caxito, Merlain H. Bouyo, Sonia Ouadahi, Kawther Araïbia, Geysson A. Lages, Glenda L. Santos, João Paulo A. Pitombeira, Peter A. Cawood
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-08-01
Series:Geosystems and Geoenvironment
Subjects:
Ophiolites
Western Gondwana
Suture zones
Neoproterozoic orogenic belts
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772883822001236

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