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Dispersion and deformation of cratonic fragments within orogens require weakening of the craton margins in a process of decratonization
is one of several Brasiliano/Pan-African late Neoproterozoic orogens that led to the amalgamation of Gondwana
A common feature of these orogens is that a period of extension and opening of narrow oceans preceded inversion and collision
the São Francisco Craton was pulled away from its other half
during an intermittent extension event between 1.0–0.92 and 0.9–0.82 Ga
This was followed by inversion of an embryonic and confined oceanic basin at ca
0.60 Ga and transpressional orogeny from ca
Here we investigate the boundary region between the north São Francisco Craton and the Borborema Province and demonstrate how cratonic blocks became physically involved in the orogeny
We combine these results with a wide compilation of U–Pb and Nd-isotopic model ages to show that the Borborema Province consists of up to 65% of strongly sheared ancient rocks affiliated with the São Francisco/Benino-Nigerian Craton
separated by major transcurrent shear zones
with only ≈ 15% addition of juvenile material during the Neoproterozoic orogeny
This evolution is repeated across a number of Brasiliano/Pan-African orogens
and indicate that extension weakened cratonic regions in a process of decratonization that prepared them for involvement in the orogenies
(D) Spatial distribution of zircon U–Pb crystallization ages of igneous and metaigneous rocks of the Borborema Province
(E) Spatial distribution of εNd(t) values calculated for the time of crystallization shown in (D)
U–Pb ages and εNd(t) values were gridded in the ArcGIS software using Inverse-Distance-Weighted Interpolation (IDW)
we compile large volumes of whole-rock Nd isotope data
as well as geological and geophysical data from the BP and northern part of the SFC and the Benino-Nigerian Shield
We use the data to first quantify the Neoproterozoic continental growth of the BP and establish the dominance of recycled cratonic material
and then to investigate how the decratonization allowed former cratonic Archean-Paleoproterozoic terranes to be entrained in the BP during the Neoproterozoic Orogeny
Just how these old terranes became involved in the orogen remains unclear
and so were the U–Pb crystallization ages from individual rock samples
Positive εNd(t) values were used to distinguish juvenile addition of new crust to the Borborema Province through time
The production of new continental crust during the main Neoproterozoic orogenic period
accounts for only ~ 15% of the new continental crust in the province
suggesting the orogeny was characterized by whole-sale lithospheric reworking with minor juvenile magma input
The distributions show three different patterns denoting different source areas: G1 cratonic provenance only
G2 Tonian extensional magmatic rocks plus cratonic provenance
and G3 Neoproterozoic orogenic magmatic rocks plus a variety of older sources
N is the number of rock samples; n is the total number of zircon grains analyzed
The bars on top of the diagrams depict the range of the youngest zircon grains found in each group
Transpression and correlation of terranes in the central and southern Borborema Province
(A) Sm–Nd TDM age map of the south Borborema Province and northern edge of the São Francisco Craton with magnetic first derivative image as background
Inset illustrates dextral displacements of the 1.0 to 0.8 Ga and the older 2.8–2.0 Ga terranes across the Pernambuco shear zone
The yellow arrows indicate the direction of tectonic transport
AF Afeição domain; RP Riacho do Pontal fold-and-thrust belt; AP Alto Pajeú terrane; AM Alto Moxotó terrane
The stereograms report the Sn + 1 foliation along with its stretching lineation (red arrows) and shear sense when available
The Sm–Nd TDM ages were gridded in the ArcGIS software using Inverse-Distance-Weighted Interpolation (IDW)
(B) Block diagram illustrating the transpressive regime in the Entremontes block with progressive displacement and increased deformation from the craton to the Entremontes block and to the Alto Moxotó terrane across the Boa Vista (BV) and the Pernambuco (PE) shear zones
Note how the Tonian rocks follow the same increase in deformation from the Afeição (AF) domain to the Alto Pajeú (AP) terrane
they indicate a dextral displacement across the Pernambuco shear zone of ≈ 200 km
In summary, much of the Borborema Province has old Nd model ages and zircon population signatures similar to the São Francisco Craton/Benino-Nigerian Shield (Figs. 1 and 2A)
suggesting direct or indirect derivation from these areas
The stepwise process of breakdown and involvement of cratonic blocks is preserved at the margin of the craton
where increased deformation of cratonic blocks is recorded across the Pernambuco shear zone and associated with a dextral displacement of ≈ 200 km
corresponding approximately to the time gap between Tonian extension and start of the orogeny in the BP)
The stress envelopes show that during the Brasiliano orogenic event
the cratonic area would be stronger than the regions that underwent the more recent Tonian thermotectonic event
This implies that the orogenic deformation would focus on the weaker decratonized lithosphere
the Tonian extensional event would have made sections of the cratonic lithosphere amenable to subsequent reworking within the orogenic realm
Position of the cross-sections (on the right-hand-side of D) are indicated by pink dashed lines in A to D
Arrows and their size indicate direction and relative magnitude of the stresses
Disrupted Tonian and cratonic domains: AF Afeição
PM in cross section (g) to (h) is partial melting
The rocks south of the shear zone record only incipient deformation
whereas those to the north are intensely strained into sigmoidal terranes
in harmony with the regional transcurrent deformation and the geological-geophysical structure of this region
We conclude that the stepwise increase in deformation intensity of craton margin blocks
illustrated by the Entremontes block and the sigmoidal-shaped Alto Moxotó terrane
illustrates how a number of other Archean-Paleoproterozoic blocks may have been pulled away from the original craton to form inliers within the orogeny
It is important to note that dispersal of decratonized blocks from the SFC was more effective along the southern and central zones of the Borborema Province
where evidence for Cariris Velhos extensional events has been better defined
We conclude that the cratonic roots of the São Francisco Craton/Benino-Nigerian Shield
This created the conditions required for the involvement and dispersal of decratonized inliers within the Brasiliano orogen
We suggest that this may have been the general sequence of events for many of the Brasiliano/Pan-African orogens
where extension related to the break-up of cratonic masses and opening of oceanic realms with varying degrees of maturity were followed by convergence
wrench tectonics and late post-collisional magmatism during Gondwana amalgamation
The compilation was augmented with data from the literature
Most of the data are from (meta)igneous rocks with subordinated input from metasedimentary rocks
The airborne magnetic database comprises data from seven surveys between 2001 and 2010, with 500 m flight-line spacing in the N–S direction and flight height of 100 m (http://geosgb.cprm.gov.br)
The Total Magnetic Intensity map (TMI) was created by interpolating the magnetic data into a 125 m grid cell size using the bi-directional method and subsequently filtered by a Gaussian low-pass filter
To highlight the regional tectonic framework
we calculated the first vertical derivative of TMI (1VD)
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The Ni-Cu-PGE mineralized Brejo Seco mafic-ultramafic layered intrusion
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This research was supported by the Serrapilheira Institute (Grant # Serra – 1709-21887)
C.E.G acknowledges the CAPES 88881.363575/2019-01 grant for supporting the author’s research visit at the University of Bern during the writing of the paper
We appreciate the critical reading of Daniela Rubatto and Jörg Hermann that contributed to the improvement of an early version of the manuscript
Neves and an anonymous reviewer for criticism and suggestions that much improved the manuscript
Pedro Pessano and Rodolfo Reis are also acknowledged for their help with data compilation and field data acquisition
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