Time constraints on magmatism along the Major Gercino Shear Zone, southern Brazil: Implications for West Gondwana reconstruction

Chemale, FaridMallmann, GuilhermeBitencourt, Maria de FátimaKawashita, Koji2015-12-101342-937Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/66306The Dom Feliciano Belt, situated in southernmost Brazil and Uruguay, contains a large mass of granite-gneissic rocks (also known as Florianópolis/Pelotas Batholith) formed during the pre-, syn- and post-orogenic phases of the Brasiliano/Pan-African cycleKeywords: Dom Feliciano Belt; Isotope geochemistry; Neoproterozoic magmatism; Pan-African/Brasiliano orogeny; Strike-slip shear zones; U-Pb zircon geochronologyTime constraints on magmatism along the Major Gercino Shear Zone, southern Brazil: Implications for West Gondwana reconstruction201210.1016/j.gr.2011.08.0182016-02-24