Assembling West Gondwana in the Neoproterozoic: Clues from the São Francisco craton region, Brazil

Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 319-322

  Alkmim, Fernando F ^a   Marshak, Stephen ^a   Fonseca, Marco A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brasiliano orogeny; Brazil tectonics; Continental accretion; Gondwana; Neoproterozoic; S o Francisco craton

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC BELTS;

CATCHMENTS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS;

GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; GONDWANA; PROTEROZOIC; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; SUPERCONTINENT; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84879880038     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0319:AWGITN>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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