Geology of Southwest Gondwana

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxviii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 The Assembly of Western Gondwana: Reconstruction Based on Paleomagnetic Data  (Augusto E. Rapalini)....Pages 3-18
 An Integrated Geophysical and Geological Interpretation of the Southern African Lithosphere  (Branko Corner, Raymond J. Durrheim)....Pages 19-61
 The Tectonic History of the Southern Adamastor Ocean Based on a Correlation of the Kaoko and Dom Feliciano Belts  (Miguel Angelo Stipp Basei, Hartwig Ernest Frimmel, Mario da Costa Campos Neto, Carlos Eduardo Ganade de Araujo, Neivaldo Araujo de Castro, Claudia Regina Passarelli)....Pages 63-85
Front Matter ....Pages 87-87
 The Río de la Plata Craton of Argentina and Uruguay  (Pedro Oyhantçabal, Carlos A. Cingolani, Klaus Wemmer, Siegfried Siegesmund)....Pages 89-105
 A Geological and Isotopic Framework of Precambrian Terrains in Western Central Africa: An Introduction  (Denis Thiéblemont, Yannick Callec, Max Fernandez-Alonso, Frédéric Chène)....Pages 107-132
 The Kalahari Craton, Southern Africa: From Archean Crustal Evolution to Gondwana Amalgamation  (Sebastián Oriolo, Thomas Becker)....Pages 133-159
 The Nico Pérez Terrane of Uruguay and Southeastern Brazil  (Pedro Oyhantçabal, Sebastián Oriolo, Ruy Paulo Philipp, Klaus Wemmer, Siegfried Siegesmund)....Pages 161-188
 The Luis Alves and Curitiba Terranes: Continental Fragments in the Adamastor Ocean  (Claudia Regina Passarelli, Miguel Angelo Stipp Basei, Oswaldo Siga Jr., Ossama Mohamed Milah Harara)....Pages 189-215
 The Geology and Evolution of the Angolan Shield, Congo Craton  (Hielke A. Jelsma, Steve McCourt, Samantha H. Perritt, Richard A. Armstrong)....Pages 217-239
Front Matter ....Pages 241-241
 The Tectonic Evolution of the São Gabriel Terrane, Dom Feliciano Belt, Southern Brazil: The Closure of the Charrua Ocean  (Ruy Paulo Philipp, Marcio Martins Pimentel, Miguel Angelo Stipp Basei)....Pages 243-265
 The Dom Feliciano Belt in Southern Brazil and Uruguay  (Mathias Hueck, Pedro Oyhantçabal, Ruy Paulo Philipp, Miguel Angelo Stipp Basei, Siegfried Siegesmund)....Pages 267-302
 The Evolution of the Damara Orogenic System: A Record of West Gondwana Assembly and Crustal Response  (Ben Goscombe, David A. Foster, David Gray, Ben Wade)....Pages 303-352
 The Gariep Belt  (Hartwig Ernest Frimmel)....Pages 353-386
 The Stratigraphy and Structure of the Western Saldania Belt, South Africa and Geodynamic Implications  (Alexander Kisters, Richard Belcher)....Pages 387-410
 Suturing Gondwana in the Cambrian: The Orogenic Events of the Final Amalgamation  (Renata da Silva Schmitt, Rafael de Araújo Fragoso, Alan Stephen Collins)....Pages 411-432
 Untangling the Neoproterozoic-Early Paleozoic Tectonic Evolution of the Eastern Sierras Pampeanas Hidden in the Isotopical Record  (Mónica G. López de Luchi, Carmen I. Martínez Dopico, Klaus Wemmer, Siegfried Siegesmund)....Pages 433-466
Front Matter ....Pages 467-467
 The Iron Formations of Southern Africa  (Albertus J. B. Smith)....Pages 469-491
 The Iron Formations of the South American Platform  (Carlos Alberto Rosière, Adriana Heimann, Pedro Oyhantçabal, João Orestes Schneider Santos)....Pages 493-526
 The Glaciations in South America  (Daniel G. Poiré, Lucía E. Gómez Peral, María J. Arrouy)....Pages 527-541
 The Ediacaran-Early Cambrian Fossil Record in Southwest Gondwana  (Claudio Gaucher)....Pages 543-560
 The Provenance of Selected Neoproterozoic to Lower Paleozoic Basin Successions of Southwest Gondwana: A Review and Proposal for Further Research  (Udo Zimmermann)....Pages 561-591
 Shear Zones in Brasiliano-Pan-African Belts and Their Role in the Amalgamation and Break-Up of Southwest Gondwana  (Sebastián Oriolo, Mathias Hueck, Pedro Oyhantçabal, Ben Goscombe, Klaus Wemmer, Siegfried Siegesmund)....Pages 593-613
 The African Metallotects of Southwest Gondwana  (Gregor Borg, Christoph Gauert)....Pages 615-676
 The Impact Record of Southwest Gondwana  (Reimold Wolf Uwe, Natalia Hauser, Alvaro P. Crósta)....Pages 677-688