Comparisons between the northwestern Borborema Province, NE Brazil, and the southwestern Pharusian Dahomey Belt, SW Central Africa

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 294, Issue , 2008, Pages 101-119

  Dos Santos, T J S ^a   Fetter, A H ^b   Neto, J A N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b U S NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRASILIANO OROGENY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONVERGENCE; EXHUMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; ORTHOGNEISS; PAN AFRICAN OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BORBOREMA; BRAZIL; DAHOMEY BASIN; GULF OF GUINEA; MARANHAO; SAO LUIS; SOUTH AMERICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 39549093118     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP294.6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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