Brasiliano orogeny
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The Brasiliano orogeny was a major Neoproterozoic mountain-building event in South America associated with the assembly of the supercontinent Gondwana.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Neoproterozoic orogeny
ⓘ
geological event ⓘ orogeny ⓘ |
| affects |
Araçuaí Belt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Borborema Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Brasília Belt NERFINISHED ⓘ Dom Feliciano Belt NERFINISHED ⓘ Mantiqueira Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Pampean Belt NERFINISHED ⓘ Paraguay Belt NERFINISHED ⓘ Precambrian basement of Brazil ⓘ Ribeira Belt NERFINISHED ⓘ Sierras Pampeanas NERFINISHED ⓘ South American Platform NERFINISHED ⓘ São Francisco Craton margins ⓘ Tocantins Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approximateAgeMa | 900–500 Ma ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Gondwana assembly
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
supercontinent cycle ⓘ |
| cause |
closure of Neoproterozoic ocean basins
ⓘ
collision of cratonic blocks in South America ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| correlatesWith | Pan-African orogeny in Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
Argentina
ⓘ
Bolivia ⓘ Brazil ⓘ Paraguay NERFINISHED ⓘ Uruguay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | Neoproterozoic ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
Precambrian geology
ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ tectonics ⓘ |
| geologicalPeriod | Neoproterozoic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linkedTo | Pan-African orogeny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orogenicCycle | Brasiliano–Pan-African orogenic cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overprints | older Precambrian structures ⓘ |
| partOf | assembly of Gondwana ⓘ |
| precedes | breakup of Gondwana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedProcess |
accretion of terranes
ⓘ
continental collision ⓘ subduction ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
crustal thickening
ⓘ
formation of Neoproterozoic mobile belts in South America ⓘ granitoid magmatism ⓘ metamorphism of Precambrian rocks ⓘ shear zones and thrust belts ⓘ |
| startTime | Neoproterozoic ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | collisional orogeny ⓘ |
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