Baltica (East European Craton) and Atlantica (Amazonian and West African Cratons) in the Proterozoic: The pre-Columbia connection

Terentiev, R. A.; Santosh, M.

doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103378

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“…The assembly of the São Francisco Paleocontinent by the amalgamation of Archean blocks and Rhyacian orogens before ca. 2.0 Ga is similar in its timing and mechanism to the formation of the West Africa Block/Central African Block/Transamazonian (Terentiev & Santosh, 2020;Caxito et. al., 2020a;D'Agrella-Filho et.…”

Section: Regional Correlations and Implications For The Assembly Of The Columbia Supercontinentmentioning

confidence: 76%

“…The determination of precise ages and isotopic signatures of Archean and Paleoproterozoic tectono-stratigraphic terranes in different cratons is an important tool in understanding the processes that led to the formation of the first supercontinents (Terentiev & Santosh, 2020;D'Agrella-Filho et. al., 2020;Iaccheri & Bargas, 2020;Wu et.…”

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Evidence for a complex accretionary history preceding the amalgamation of Columbia: The Rhyacian Minas-Bahia Orogen, southern São Francisco Paleocontinent, Brazil

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Section: Regional Correlations and Implications For The Assembly Of The Columbia Supercontinentmentioning

confidence: 76%

Section: Regional Correlations and Implications For The Assembly Of The Columbia Supercontinentmentioning

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Evidence for a complex accretionary history preceding the amalgamation of Columbia: The Rhyacian Minas-Bahia Orogen, southern São Francisco Paleocontinent, Brazil

et al. 2021

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“…In evolutionary terms, this Amazonian Craton westernmost portion was established through the orogenic belt related to the Sunsás event (1.46-1.10 Ga), which corresponded to an autochthonous orogen about 6000 km long that extended from northern Argentina and Paraguay to eastern Venezuela (D' Agrella-Filho et al, 2012Kroonenberg & Roever, 2010;Mišković et al, 2009;Santos et al, 2008). This event is related to the collision of the Amazonian Craton with Laurentia that formed the Rodinia supercontinent and also correlated with the Greenville orogeny described on the east coast of North America (Condie, 2013;Cordani et al, 2010;Johansson, 2009;Kroonenberg & Roever, 2010;McLelland et al, 2010;Rivers, 2008;Santos et al, 2008;Teixeira et al, 2010;Terentiev & Santosh, 2020).…”

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The Acre Basin basement (NW Brazil) and the transition from the intracratonic to retroarc foreland basin system

Oliveira

Vidotti

2022

Basin Research

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The understanding of the crustal transition between orogenic zones and cratonic portions in distal regions of foreland basins has received increasing attention, but the analysis is often hampered by the sedimentary cover. Despite the peculiar location of the Acre Basin, specifically between the Amazonian Craton and the sub-Andean zone, local basement studies are still scarce due to lacking seismic data and exploratory wells. Therefore, this work aims to map basement depths, estimate crustal compositions and identify the main depocenters, structures and limits of Acre Basin using an integrated analysis to understand better the region lithospheric evolution, its relationship with the Amazonian Craton and its positioning within the Andean orogeny. For that, we used well, 2D seismic reflection, airborne and ground gravity and magnetic data as well as the EMG2008. Tilt Depth estimates indicate basement depths between 500 and 7800 m and larger sedimentary thicknesses in the northern portion. Additionally, we modelled groups of potential sources between 0.1 and 22 km and Moho depths between 26 and 37 km.Compositionally, the upper crust consists dominantly of meta-sedimentary and low-grade metamorphic rocks and granites, indicating that the sub-Andean and Acre Basins share a similar basement. Thus, there are indications that the basement of the Acre Basin is essentially formed by the Sunsás province in the Amazonian Craton. However, local differences in basement depth, magnetic susceptibility and exploratory potential led to the subdivision into Divisor and Xapuri sub-basins, north and south of the Fitzcarrald Arch, respectively. Finally, it was possible to establish the limits of the Andean orogeny influence in the Acre Basin and delimit the area of the Western Amazon Foredeep installed during the Neogene.

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“…Many studies have suggested a strong link between Baltica and Amazonia during the Proterozoic (e.g., [56,61,72,73]. The available information indicates that these continents possibly existed as a single entity in Nuna and Rodinia supercontinents until Rodinia breakup in the late Neoproterozoic (e.g., [37,63,74,75,76,77,78,79].…”

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Detrital Zircon Geochronology of the Volyn-Orsha Sedimentary Basin in Western Ukraine: Implications for the Meso-Neoproterozoic History of Baltica and Possible Link to Amazonia and the Grenvillian – Sveconorwegian – Sunsas Orogenic Belt

Shumlyanskyy¹,

Bekker²,

Tarasko³

et al. 2023

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We used LA-ICP-MS U-Pb data for detrital zircon to constrain the Maximum Depositional Age (MDA) and provenance of clastic sedimentary rocks of the Volyn-Orsha sedimentary basin, which filled an elongated (~625×250 km) depression in SW Baltica and attained ~900 m in thickness. Eighty-six zircons out of one hundred and three yielded concordant dates, with most of them (86 %) falling in the time interval between 1655 ± 3 and 1044 ± 16 Ma and clustering in two peaks at ca. 1630 and 1230 Ma. The remaining zircons yielded dates older than 1800 Ma. The MDA is defined by a tight group of three zircons with a weighted average age of 1079 ± 8 Ma. This age corresponds to the time of a clockwise ~90° rotation of Baltica and the formation of the Grenvillian – Sveconorwegian – Sunsas orogenic belts. Subsidence was facilitated by the presence of eclogites derived from subducted oceanic crust. The sediments of the Orsha sub-basin in the northeastern part of the basin were derived from the local crystalline basement, whereas the sediments in the Volyn sub-basin, extending to the margin of Baltica, were transported from the orogen between Laurentia, Baltica, and Amazonia.

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Baltica (East European Craton) and Atlantica (Amazonian and West African Cratons) in the Proterozoic: The pre-Columbia connection

Cited by 19 publications

References 166 publications

Evidence for a complex accretionary history preceding the amalgamation of Columbia: The Rhyacian Minas-Bahia Orogen, southern São Francisco Paleocontinent, Brazil

Evidence for a complex accretionary history preceding the amalgamation of Columbia: The Rhyacian Minas-Bahia Orogen, southern São Francisco Paleocontinent, Brazil

The Acre Basin basement (NW Brazil) and the transition from the intracratonic to retroarc foreland basin system

Detrital Zircon Geochronology of the Volyn-Orsha Sedimentary Basin in Western Ukraine: Implications for the Meso-Neoproterozoic History of Baltica and Possible Link to Amazonia and the Grenvillian – Sveconorwegian – Sunsas Orogenic Belt

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