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Geological Society, London, Special Publications; 2008; v. 294; p. 49-67;
DOI: 10.1144/SP294.4
© 2008 Geological Society of London

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Geology of the northern Borborema Province, NE Brazil and its correlation with Nigeria, NW Africa

M. H. Arthaud1, R. Caby2, R. A. Fuck3, E. L. Dantas3 & C. V. Parente1

1 Departamento de Geologia, Universidade Federal do Ceará, CE, Brazil (e-mail: michel.h{at}terra.com.br)
2 Laboratoire de Tectonophysique, Université des Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc, Montpellier, France
3 Instituto de Geociências, Universidade de Brasilia – DF, Brazil

The Borborema and Benin–Nigeria provinces of NE Brazil and NW Africa, respectively, are key areas in the amalgamation of West Gondwana by continental collision during the Brasiliano/Pan-African orogenies. Both are underlain by complex basement: Nigeria has c. 3.05 Ga Archaean crust but no known Palaeoproterozoic rocks >2.0 Ga; in NE Brazil, 2.6–3.5 Ga Archaean rocks form small cores within Palaeoproterozoic gneiss terrains affected by plutonism at c. 2.17 Ga. Both regions exhibit Late Palaeoproterozoic (c. 1.8 Ga) rift-related magmatism and metasedimentary sequences overlying the basement. The Seridó Group of NE Brazil (<0.65 Ga) is similar to the Igarra Sequence in SW Nigeria. The Ceará Group, which may date back to c. 0.85 Ga, is a passive margin deposit on crust thinned during initiation of an oceanic domain. In both provinces, basement and sedimentary cover were involved in tangential tectonics that resulted in crust-thickening by nappe-stacking associated with closure of this ocean. Frontal collision between c. 0.66 and 0.60 Ga later evolved to an oblique collision, generating north–south continental strike-slip shear zones at c. 0.59 Ga. In NE Brazil, the main Pan-African suture is probably buried beneath the Parnaíba Basin. The Transbrasiliano Lineament, interpreted as the prolongation of the Kandi–4°50 Lineament in Hoggar, may represent a cryptic suture.





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