Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5780459 Journal of South American Earth Sciences 2017 71 Pages PDF
Abstract
In the studied area other Ediacaran extension related mafic rocks do occur. They have geochemical and isotopic signatures distinct from those recorded in Riachão mafic rocks. A Paleoproterozoic enriched mantle has been proposed as the source of these mafic rocks. The data suggest that extension and mafic magmatism favoured extensive melting of the Serrinha - Pedro Velho Complex at 582-588 Ma ago. A similar aged event is also recorded in southeastern Ghana, and interpreted as syn-orogenic extension related to the collisional orogeny at the margin of the West African craton.
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