Geology of western Gondwana (2000-500 Ma) : pan-African-Brasiliano aggregation of South America and Africa /

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Author / Creator:Trompette, Roland
Imprint:Rotterdam ; Brookfield, VT, USA : A.A. Balkema, 1994.
Description:xii, 350 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1685258
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ISBN:9054101652
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-340) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. The Pan-African-Brasiliano cratons: the basement or infrastructure of the Pan-African-Brasiliano cratons
  • late Early-Middle Proterozoic cover and metasedimentary sequences
  • Part 2. The Pan-African-Brasiliano fold belts: definition, presentation
  • the Trans-Sahara mega-orogen
  • the West-Congo-Aracuai and Ribeira fold belts
  • the Brasilia fold belt - the collision between the Congo-Sao Francisco and Amazon plates
  • the Dom Feliciano, Kaoko (Atlantic Damara), Gariep and Malmesbury fold belts
  • the Damara (S.L.) fold belts - the internal and the Atlantic or Kaoko branches
  • the Woubanguide-Sergipe mega-orogen
  • the festoon of West-African Trans South-American fold belts
  • Part 3. Amosaic of Pan-African-Brasiliano mini-cratons and mino-fold belts - Northeast Brazil and the Central-Western portion of Africa: Northeast Brazil and its African continuation - structure and involved materials
  • conclusions and discussions
  • the amalgamation of Western Gondwana (-600 Ma) - its suturing (-500 Ma) with Eastern Gondwana.