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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Neoproterozoic orogeny
geological event
orogeny
affects Araçuaí Belt
Borborema Province
Brasília Belt
Dom Feliciano Belt
linked to: Magondi Belt

Mantiqueira Province
Pampean Belt
Paraguay Belt
Precambrian basement of Brazil
Ribeira Belt
Sierras Pampeanas
South American Platform
São Francisco Craton margins
Tocantins Province
linked to: Tocantins
approximateAgeMa 900–500 Ma
associatedWith Gondwana assembly
linked to: Gondwana

supercontinent cycle
cause closure of Neoproterozoic ocean basins
collision of cratonic blocks in South America
continent South America
correlatesWith Pan-African orogeny in Africa
linked to: Pan-African orogeny
country Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Paraguay
Uruguay
endTime Neoproterozoic
fieldOfStudy Precambrian geology
structural geology
tectonics
geologicalPeriod Neoproterozoic
linked to: Neoproterozoic Era
linkedTo Pan-African orogeny
orogenicCycle Brasiliano–Pan-African orogenic cycle
linked to: Pan-African orogeny
overprints older Precambrian structures
partOf assembly of Gondwana
precedes breakup of Gondwana
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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Pan-African orogeny hasPart Brasiliano orogeny
Pannotia associatedOrogeny Brasiliano orogeny
Rio de la Plata Craton boundedBy Brasiliano orogenic belts
linked to: Brasiliano orogeny
Rio de la Plata Craton associatedWith Brasiliano–Pan-African orogeny
linked to: Brasiliano orogeny
Gariep Belt formedDuring Pan-African–Brasiliano orogenic cycle
linked to: Brasiliano orogeny