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.

All labels observed (4)

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Statements (48)

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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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