Tonian rift-related, A-type continental plutonism in the Aracuai Orogen, eastern Brazil: New evidence for the breakup stage of the Sao Francisco-Congo Paleocontinent

da Silva, Luiz Carlos; Pedrosa-Soares, Antônio Carlos; Teixeira, L.R.; Armstrong, Richard

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Tonian rift-related, A-type continental plutonism in the Aracuai Orogen, eastern Brazil: New evidence for the breakup stage of the Sao Francisco-Congo Paleocontinent

Date

2008

Authors

da Silva, Luiz Carlos

Pedrosa-Soares, Antônio Carlos

Teixeira, L.R.

Armstrong, Richard

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

Zircon U-Pb SHRIMP, petrographical and geochemical data lead to the first characterization of the Tonian plutonism (Salto da Divisa Granite Suite), ascribed to the continental rift stage of the precursor basin of the Araçuaí Orogen (Eastern Brazil). The