Subject Index

A A-type granitoid 99 Abda/Sarihef Unit 242 Abolag 66 Acado-Baltic affinities 342,

361 Acari Granite 381, 382,

386 Accraian Series 109 Achaikar 66, 68, 73 Acritarch 165,269,270,

281 Actinote 172 Adoudounian 231, 252 Adrar 70, 189, 192, 193,

194, 195, 196, 197,201, 204

- des Jforas 108 - Soutouf Range 199 Adrer-Guinea Line 18,20,

24 Adriatic microplate 307 Afacora schist belt 110, 112,

113,117 Afolle 66, 195 African ice-sheet 276 Agadir 249 Aghaoujeft Group 193,194,

195,203 Agou Complex 110 Agoualilet Unit 198 Agramarou magmatite 115 Ahnet 68 Ain-Hallouf Anticline 239 Air 87-88 - Tamellil Inlier 236,237,

244,249,259,260 Ait Lahsen Faults 244,

245 Akjoujt 184,197,199,201,

205,210,212,215,219 Akuse Complex 110 Alaouana Granite 252,

253 Albemarle 347,349,350,

351 Aldanella Attleborensis 160 Algerian 250 Alkaline 92,93,94,97,98,

99,112,173,197,201,298, 321, 322, 325, 326

Alleghanian 343,345,347, 350, 352, 363

Allochthons of Bou Agri 248

Alpine - allochthonous units 250 - basement 245,267,

307-313 - Rif 230 Alps 299, 300 A1tamaha-Brunswick

magnetic anomaly 357 Alto allochthon 334, 339,

346 Amane Jssougri microrift

251 Amasine Group 69 Amizmis fault zone 244,

245 Amour Unit 213 Amphibolite - facies 107,108,114,172,

198, 199,203,206,208 - -gneiss association

307-311 Anambra Basin 112 Anatexis 272, 290 Anchizonal 172, 173,

206 - metamorphism 206 Andean-type margin 272,

274 Andesite 157, 174 Anezi Group 231 Angola 108 Anorogenic 298 - ring complexes 112 Anorthosite 95, 353 Anti Atlas 77, 189, 191,229,

230,231,232,233,234, 249, 253, 254

Antigonish Highlands Terra-ne 315

Aoucert 190,201 Aouker 193, 199,203 - dune complex 198 Aouli Granite 252, 253 Appalachian - exotic terranes 345,

360 - lithotectonic belts 346 Apulian microplate ("Apu­

lia") 307,313 Arabo-Nubian 298 Arc 299,300

Archaean 31-46, 107, 108, 114, 116, 120, 148, 189, 197, 199, 204, 205, 296, 301, 371

- granite-greenstone terra-ne 127, 142

- greenstones 144 - proto lith 125 - suture hypothesis 145,

147 Arg Faults 244, 245 Argillite 153,154,157, 159,

160, 161, 162, 166, 169, 172

Armorica 268,312,353 Armorican - Massif 295, 302 - Quartzite Formation 276,

279 Asbill Pond Formation 342,

350 Assaba 194,195,200,

201 - Plateau 195,200 Assabet el Hassiane Group

68,69,78,192,196 Atar Group 68, 69, 73, 78,

192, 193, 195,196 Atlantic - Coastal Plain 334, 354,

356 - margin 11, 12 - Ocean 360, 364 - Shelf 254 - -type ocean 117 Atlas Domain 229 Atlasic Tamlelt Inlier 250 Augite 175 Augusta fault zone 344 Aulacogen 86, 100 Austroalpine (area domain

region, unit) 299, 307-311

Avalon 298 - terranes 224, 298, 315,

332,350,351 Avalonian - orogeny 267 - plate 361 Ayoun Basin 189, 190,

191 Azegour Fault 245, 246,

252

Azlaf Group 70 Azrou 236, 237 - foreland basin 258

8 Bab-Azhar Zone 248 Back-arc 95,287,298,299,

300 Badajoz-Cordoba shear

zone 270,272,274,276, 278, 279

Badiar Hill 163 Bafata Group 165, 166 Bahamas fracture zone 357,

362 Bakel 187, 197 - area 197, 199,212 - quartzites 221 - series 184 Bakoye Group 69 Balkan 312 Baltic affinities 342 Baltimore terrane 334,

341 Bamako 66, 74 Bandafassi platform 161,

169 Banded - iron formation 111 - tuffs 138 Bandiagara Group 73,

74 Bani J 232 - II 232 Bania Group 130,131,137,

138, 142, 144, 148 Barrovian metamorphism

242 Basalt 111,154,173,174 Basement 151,296,297,

301 Bashkirian conglomerates

250 Basic - dykes 41 - ultrabasic rocks 110 Bassaride 140, 142, 147,

151,153,166 Bassaris 139, 142 Batapa Group 162, 163,

169,172,174,181 Batholith 83,92,93,97,99,

100, 101, 156

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Bechar Basin 236, 258 Beja-Acebuches ophiolite

267,279,280,281,289 Bel Air-Rising Sun terrane

341 Belair Belt 344, 352 Ben Slimane Syncline 239,

246 Benin 107,108,115,117,

118 Benue - fault zone 113 - trough 112 Betaina 232 Betana 232, 236 Bie en Naharat Formation

71 Bir Arnrane Group 69 Birimian 46-57 Birrimian (Eburnean) 197 Birrimian - 107,116,117, 197 Bissau-Guinea 163, 164,

177 Bissau-Kidira fracture zone

147 Bivalves 165 Blue Ridge 337 Blueschist 299,301,302 Bobo Dioulasso 66 Bodoco Batholith 385 Bohemian - fauna 234 - massif 295,297,313 Bollore river 157 Born Conselho-Maragoji

lineament 384 Bombauaka Supergroup

75,77,108, 110 Borborema province 371,

373, 377, 390, 392 Bornu basin 112 Bou - Agri nappes 248

Azzer 249 Gader 238, 242, 243 Mia granite 252 Naga window 197,211, 212,220,222 Rzim greywackes 237 -Mia Granite 253

Bouazer 189 Bouguer gravity anomaly

216,217,218,219,253, 254

Bouly Group 195 Bouzniqa 238 Bove Basin 123,130,131,

136, 139, 140, 151, 163, 164, 166, 170, 180, 194, 195,224,361

Brachiopods 165, 166 Bramram - Granite 252 - Granitoid 243 Bras d'Or Terrane 315,321

Brasiliano - Granites 385, 391 - orogeny 371,373,374,

377, 383, 384, 387, 391 Brazil 108, 113 Break-up unconformity

276 Breccias 154, 157 Brevard fault zone 339,340,

341,347 Brittany 296 Brunswick - Terrane 352 - -Altamaha magnetic ano-

maly 354, 355, 357 Btaat Ergil Group 196 Buem Structural unit 110,

113, 117 Bullom Group 136 Burgeo Terrane 327 Burin Terrane 317, 328 Burkinian 47, 107 Bushimay 108

C Cachoeirinha Group 375,

377, 381, 385, 386, 387, 391

Cadomian orogeny 267, 270,271,272,273,274, 297,302, 312

Calc-alkaline 91,92,93,97, 98,99, 101, 110, 112, 118, 142, 166, 167, 198, 199, 201,206,211,215,217, 297,321,322, 325, 326, 386

Calc-silicate rocks 111, 112 Caledonian orogeny 151,

219 Caledonides 299 Cambrian 109,151,160,

163, 181,298,301 - trilobites 342 Cameroon 107,108,112,

115, 116, 117 Caninde Complex 391 Cantabrian Arc 287,290 Cape Breton Terrane 315 Carbonatite 93 Carboniferous 182,292,

300,301,302 Cardiola 165 Carolina - slate belt 341, 342, 344,

346,349,351 - Terrane 341, 342, 343,

345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350,352,353,354,361

Casablanca 234 Cataclastic deformation

136 Catoche Knoll 358 Ceara 373,377, 378 - Group 379 - nappes 380

- region 375 - shear zones 384 - state 371 Cenozoic sedimentary

basins 393 Central - Domain 371 - Massif allochthon 249 - Morocco massif 238 - Structural Domain 377,

386 Chad Basin 112 Char Group 67, 68, 192,

196 Charleston Magnetic Terra­

ne 341,352 Charlotte Belt 341, 345,

346, 349, 350, 351 Charnokitic complexes 107 Charnokites 110, 111, 112 Chauga Belt 339 Chauga-Walhalla Complex

339 Chaval 389 Chegga 66 Cheikhia Group 69 Chela Group 108 Chell out Unit 248, 258 Cherrat Anticline 239 Cheticamp Terrane 315 Chinguetti sandstones 195 Chitinozoans 165 Chopawamsic Terrane 341 Chortis Block 326 Christine borehole 66, 73 Chunky Gal 341 Cinerites 157 Circum-Atlantic 267,291 Clouds Creek Granite 343,

344,345 Coastal - Meseta 259 - Plain 341,344,352,353,

354 - Plain pre-Mesozoic base­

ment 355, 356 Cobequid Highlands Terra­

ne 315 Columbia Granite 343 Conceicao-type granitoids

386 Conception Terrane 317,

322, 325, 326 Congo craton 108, 114, 116,

118 Conjugate faults 98 Continental - tholeiite 198 - -scale shear zones 377 Cordillera 97, 101 Cornwall 295 Coronitic reaction 96 Correlation 267, 268,

281-329,332 COST GEl well 356 Couvinian 166

Coyah granite 138,361 Crabtree terrane 352, 353 Crooked Creek schist 338 Crowburg Mesozoic basin

352 Crustal - (continental) growth 297,

298, 301 - block 18,20,22,24,218,

219,254,259 - heat production 14, 15,

16 - thickening 243, 290 - thinning 253, 259 Cryptic suture 142, 143 Cuba Block 360

D Dahakatian 42, 116 Dahlonega fault 337 Dahomes 117 Dahou Mahou Basin 111,

117 Dalema series (or Group)

153, 166, 172 Dapaong Group 75, 77 Dassa-Zoume 115 Debdou 237 Decollement 239, 250, 258 Decoupling zone 90,91 Dedbou 236, 247 Deep Sea Drilling Project

258 Derouvarou Complex 110 Dhloa - region 191 - Belt 201 Diala-Bouanze 198,201,

208 Diale series (Group) 153,

166, 172 Diamictite 108,109,159,

161, 164 Diapiric tectonics 39-41 Dienoundiala orthogneiss

169 Dikke Group 193 Dikkel Group 195 Dimamou 66 Dimamou-Hombori area 74 Dionaba 201 Dira Formation 154 Disrupted terranes 334, 337 Djabatoure Complex 110 Djbeliat Group 69 Djonaba - Tillite 207 - Unit 197, 199,203,207 Dodo Member 128, 129 Dolerites 173 Dolomite 159, 160, 161 Draa lowlands 234 Ductile fault 240,241,243,

244, 246, 258, 259, 377 Dyke swarm 98-99, 155,

175

E Early Proterozoic 371 Eastern - Alps 307-313 - Meseta 229 - Rehanma schists 241 - Skhirat Shear Zone 242 Eburnean 184, 190 - basement 66, 73, 77 - orogeny 66, 107, 108,

112, 115, 116, 138, 190, 197,229,301

Eclogite 90, 100, 110, 115, 272,275,281, 296, 299, 300, 301, 302

El Aoueija 198,201,203, 212,213,214,215

El Ayoun coastal basin 184 El Hneikat Unit 198,218,

220,221 El ladida 251 - escarpment 239 - Granitoid 256 El Kamel 235 El Khatt fracture zone 218 El Mreiti Group 68 El Thlithyate Group 191 Elberton Granite 340 Emersion 154 Emsian 165 Ensialic 298 Eovariscan 247 Equador Formation 374 Erg Chech Group 70 Esquevin method 172, 173 Estancia Group 391 European Hercynian Fold-

belt 267 Extensional regime 91, 101,

255,256 External - Rif 250 - zone 197, 215, 258, 302

F Fafa area 66, 73 Falaise d' Atar Group 69 Faleme Basin 151,154,159,

161, 166, 169, 172 Falls Lake 334 Farkaka Unit 188,198,201,

203,208,210,211,212, 215,220

Feija 232 Felsic Volcanic-Plutonic

Complex 355 Fereren 66 Fersiga 66 Fezouata (outer Feija) 232,

233 First Bani Group 233 Fita Granite 115 Flake tectonics 289 Florida - Straits Block 360 - subsurface 362

Floyd Church Formations 349

Fluvio-glacial 128 Flysch 85, 100, 270, 272,

276, 279, 285, 287, 289 Fongolambi Formation 154 Forecariah Group 130,131,

136 - 138, 140 Foreland 166,195,196,200,

202, 204, 206, 217, 218 - Basin 257,270,274,277 - thrust-fold belt 248 Fortaleza 379 Fortune Terrane 317,322,

325, 326 Fosse aux Lions 59, 77 Fossils 191 Fouta Djalon 183 Fragmented ophiolite 337 Francevillian 108 Frauenberg slice 309 Freetown mafic igneous

complex 139

G Gabbro units 112, 334 Gabbros 213, 214 Gabou Unit 201,202 Gabu 170 Gada lenabia Unit 240,241 Gadel Group 212,215 Gaffney Terrane 352, 353 Galicia-Tras-os- Montes com-

plexes 267, 268, 248 Gambia 177 Gander Terrane 317,318 Gaoua 188,201 - Allochton 199 - quartzites 220, 221 - Unit 203 Gara Sayada Formation 80 Garat el Hamoueid Group

191 Gedinian 143 Geodynamic evolution 133,

142, 145, 147, 148, 181 Geoelectric model 14 Geophysical anomalies 16,

17, 18, 19,20,21,23,217, 218,219,317,327,328

Geosynclinical sequence 142

Ghana 107,108 Ghomarides 250 Gibi Mountain 131,132,

133, 136, 137, 147 Givetian 166 Glacio-marine see glacioge­

nic Glaciogenic 69, 70, 79, 85,

97,99, 101, 108, 109, 128, 131, 133, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197,204, 207, 214, 233, 276

Gleinalm 308,310 Gneiguira Group 195

Gneisses 108, 110, 111, 112 Goaida 251 Godiovol 200 Goe-Fantro Range 136 Gold Hill Fault 349, 350 Gondwana 166,224,256,

268,247,350,356,359, 360, 361

- -Laurasia 219 Gondwanian Miogeocline

256 Goochland Terrane 352,

353, 354, 360, 361, 362, 363, 393

Gorobani 115 Gounia-Bakel Unit 202 Gourma - Basin 65, 66, 73, 75, 79 - region 68, 108 Graben 153 Grandfather Mountain Win­

dow 334 Granite-Greenstone Terra-

ne 130,136,137,142,145 Granites 49,50,51,56, 110,

111,112,113,118,172, 188, 198,206, 211, 212, 220

Granja Granulites 388 Granodiorite 112,175,198,

219,220 Granulites 84, 89, 90, 93,

94,95,99,110,101,107, 114,116, 199,206,210, 243, 246, 252, 296 300, 301,302,377

Gravimetric 138, 166, 177 Gravity anomalies 93, 99,

100, 110 Gravity trends 16, 18, 19,

217,218,254 Great Smoky Fault 347 Greenschist facies 114,117,

172, 198, 199,203,204, 206, 207

Greenstone Belts 44-46, 56, 108,372

Grenville 333, 338 Greywacke Zone 307-309 Grizim 66, 68 Groix 299 Groupe de Douik 68 Guelb el Hadej 220 - Klippen 205 Guidimakha - area 200, 201 - granites 197, 198,219,

220 Guinea 151 - -Nubia lineament 72 Guingan Group 142, 144,

154, 155, 166, 172, 173 Gulf - Coastal Plain 334, 354,

356 - of Mexico 357, 358, 360,

364

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Gurupi Belt 371 Guyana Shield 146,392

H Habach Group 307-308,

311 Hajjar Dekhen 188 Hamdallaye 188, 197, 198,

201,213,215 Hammar Laghdad Basalts

251 Harbinson Granite 343 Hassabet el Hassian Gr 192 Hatteras Terrane 352, 354 Hayesville Thrust 333, 339,

363 Heat flow density 14-16 Helen Group 337 Hercynian 189, 196,217,

301 - fauna 276 - orogeny 65, 71, 170, 180,

181,269,271,272,273, 274,275,276,289

High Atlas 236,237,243, 253,254,256

- Paleozoic massif 238, 243 Highlands Terrane 221,321 Hoggar 66, 69, 70, 79,

85-106,108,113,118 - shield 189 Hombori 66, 73, 74 Hope Valley Terrane 315 Hornblende 172 Hyco Formation 347

Ibadan - granite gneisses 116 - orthogneiss 113 Ibel limestones 166 Iberian - Massif 267,268,275,276,

278,280,281,283,291 - Peninsula 267, 275 - terrane 267, 268, 269,

270,271,272,273,274, 275

I danre area 116 Ife- Ifesha area 112, 114,

117,118 Ifewara Fault Zone 113 Ifni Granite 252 Iforas 86, 93 -1 01 Iforas' granulite block 115 Igbetti granite gneisses 116 Ignimbrites 157,174,181,

300 Ijibiten 188,201,205 Ikare area 115 I1e- Ife granite gneiss 116 Imi-n-Tanoute Faults 244,

245 Indentation 21,24,224,361 Independencia 376, 379,

389

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I nfrastructural allochthons 197, 198,203,204,221

Inner - Feijas Group 232 - Piedmont composite terra-

ne 339, 340, 345, 346, 353, 361

- Rif 230,237,251 Intermontane basin 277, 291 Internal - nappes 197, 199 - Rif 250 - zone 197,230,257 Intracontinental basin 147 Irma formation 73 Iron formations 37-38,44,

46 Island arc 85,86,92,93,97,

99-101,118 Itabirite-bearing quartzite

130,136 Jtaporanga 382, 385, 386

J Jaibaras Group 387,390 Jay Fault 357 Jbel - Bani 249 - Boho 231,251 - Hadid 251 - Kharrou 240,241 - Ouarkziz 249 Jebilet 236,237,238,242,

243, 249, 252, 253, 256, 259

Jefferson Composite terra-ne 337,339,346,361

Jerada massif 234, 247 Jorf-el-Ahmar anticline 240 Jos Plateau 112 Jua Graben 391 Jucurutu Group 374 Juliette terrane 334

K Kabye Complex 110 Kabylia 251 Kaintaleck slices 307 - 311 Kalahari Craton 3 Kalanga Fault Zone 113 Kalangian 108 Kambui Supergroup 127,

144 Kandi - Basin 117 - Fault 113, 392 Kanta Formation 154 Kara orthogneiss 110, 115 Karou Gneiss 115 Kasewe Hills Formation

128,129, 131, 138, 142 Kasila Group 123-126, 133,

135-138, 140, 142, 145 Kayan Inlier 162 Kayes Inlier 190, 193, 194,

200

Keba Group 77 Kebia Group 109 Kedougou 166 - Inlier 151,153,155,159,

161 Kef-el-Mouneb 241 Kelbe 188 - Unit 198,220 Kembera Inlier 169,181 Kenema Assemblage 123,

124, 127, 133, 135, 136, 144

Kenieba Inlier 139,190, 200

Kenifra Nappe 248 Kharrouba - Flysch 242, 243 - Formation 236, 243 Kharrouba/Sidi Bou Oth-

man Unit 242,' 243 Khatouat area 239,241 Khatt area 193,219 Khenifra Unit 248 Khouribga - Oulmes Anti-

clinorium 240, 246 Kibaran 108, 115, 116 Kidira 200 Kidira-Kolda Lineament

18,23,219 Kiffa Series 193, 195 Kindia Formation 164 Kings Mountain Belt 353 Kiokee Belt 342, 343, 344,

345, 351 Kissi Kissi Formation 130 Kodjari Group 75,109 Kolente Group 130, 131,

136, 137 Komba Basin 151,155,159,

161,162,169,174,176 Koriden Complex 307-308,

310-312 Koro 73 Kouande Gneiss 115 Koulountou Unit 212,215,

217 Kounsouta Formation 130 Koutiala Formation 74 Kreb en Naga Group 70 Ktaoua 332, 233

L Lake Chatuge 341 Lalla Tittaf 240 Lanta Basin 117 Larabanga 109 Late - Ordovician glaciation

129 - Paleozoic orogeny 359 - Precambrian orogenic

event 269, 271, 272 Lato - Complex 110 - Hill 113 Laurentia 224, 333, 334,

337, 346, 349, 353, 359, 360, 361, 362, 363

Leatherwood Granite 337 Lebekere slope 159 Lenestella sp. 160 Leo Shield 4,43-46, 73,

131, 139, 142 Leonian 107 Liberian - age province 131, 132,

136-138, 142, 147 - granite-greenstone terra-

ne 135, 138 - granitic terrane 125, 146 - orogenic event 144 Liberty Hill Pluton 345 Lindian 108 Lineament 85,90,91, 101 Little Mountain Pluton 341,

342 Low-grade metamorphism

239, 240, 245, 250, 258 Lower Bani Groups 233 Lucie Metamorphic Com­

plex 355 Lumachelles 165

M M'bout area 208,215,221 Mabole Formation 128,

129, 138 Macurure Domain 391 Madina Kouta 66 Magnetotelluric 13, 166,

177 Magta Lahjar 201,203,215,

222 Mahera Formation 130 Maider 235 Majeria 193, 197 Makani Formation 128,

129, 133 Mako Series (Group) 153,

166,172 Malaguides 250, 251 Mali Group 70, 130, 140,

142, 153, 154, 159, 160, 161,162, 163,223

Man Shield 73,131 Man-Leo - Shield 65, 75 - Uplift 108, 109 Marampa - Group 126, 127, 135-138,

142-147 - Suture 142 Maranco Domain 391 Marrakech-Azrou Trough

243 Matinopole phyllites 387 Maryland Coastal Plain 334 Massar Thrust 200 Massi Formation 73 Matoto Formation 127, 137 Mauritanian Anomaly 217,

218,259

Mauritanian-Senegal Basin 184,217,218

Mauritanide Orogen 123, 124, 139, 142, 143, 145, 147, 183, 301, 302, 358

Mbalou Unit 197,198,200, 201

Mechra-ben-Abbou Anti­cline 240,241

Mechra-Ben-Abbou red­beds 241

Medio Coreau 371,383, 389

Medium-grade metamor­phism 239, 245

Medusoid 123 Meguma Terrane 317,324,

328 Mejeria 193,195,196,197,

199,203 Mekkam 247 Melange 337 Ment Granite 245, 252, 253 Meruoca 389 Mesozoic and Cenozoic se-

quences 184 - bauxites 183 - crystalline basement 354 - faults 357 - rifting 363 - sediments 79 Mesti Granite 231,252 Metabasalts 107, 110 Metamorphic terranes of un-

certain origins 334 Metamorphism 34-35,39,

46,48-49,56, 113, 114, 237-251,269,270,272, 317-321

Middelt-Oujda axis 256 Midelt massif 235, 247, 256,

257 Migmatite 38,87,89,90,95,

107,110,111,112 Milton Terrane 352, 353 Miogeocline 189, 197,273,

274, 275 Mixtites 162,163, 197,200 Mocambo 389 Modoc Zone 347,348,349 Moho 13, 16, 21, 23, 253 Mojave-Sonora Megashear

360 Molasse 86-88,93,97,109,

110, 111, 181, 182,276, 279

Monesterio Antiform 271 Monograptus - telleri (Lenz) 165 - thomasi (Jeager) 165 - yukonensis (Jackson et

Lenz) 165 Moravia 297,300 MORB 198,222 - affinity 99 Moroccan

- Hercynides 229-266 - Meseta 253, 254 Morocco 108,235 Morrinhos 389 Mount - Binia 138 - Gangan Formation 164 Mountain City window 334 Mreiti 66 Mserser 240 Mylonite 87, 89-90, 93, 95,

113, 135, 136, 146; 172, 198, 205, 206, 243, 317, 318, 323, 325

Mylonitic EI Jadid Grano­diorite 243

N Namel Trough 161,69 Namurian 301 Nappe 85-86,89,93,95,

100, 101, 237, 243, 248, 249, 300, 301, 302

Nappe tectonics 113, 114, 117,137,197,199,200, 205, 215, 219, 224, 377

Nara Shales 70 Nashoba Terrane 315 Native Terranes 333 Ndieo Group 195, 196 Ndoumeli Group 195, 196 Nema-Nara area 66,72 Newberry Granite 343, 345 Ngaoundere Fault Zone

113,116 Niger Basin 112 Nigeria 107, 108, 112, 117,

118 Nigerian 392 Nikki Magmatite 115 Niokolo Koba - Group 142 - Granite 212,220 - Unit 199,215,217 Non-Laurentian terranes 363 Normandy 296 North - Ceara Nappes 376 - Florida Basin 356, 361 Northwestern Highlands

Terrane 315 Nouedgui-Bou Naga 197,

206 Ntem Complex 116 Nyong region 114, 116

o O. Ouaslam Granite 252 Oban Massif 112 Obduction 274, 275, 280,

281,289,290 Oceanic - Lithosphere 97, 110, 117,

142, 147,220,272,277, 279,281,282,289,341, 342

- tholeiite 215 Ocoquan Granite 337 Ogoue System 108 Olistostrome 246, 237, 242,

243, 258, 260, 270 Ophiolite 110, 118, 142,

174,198,201,212,215, 220, 267, 270, 273, 274, 275,280,281,289,298, 300, 302, 337

Oros - Fault System 393 - shear zone 383 - Unit 376 Orthogneiss 111, 112, 113,

115,297,298 Osceola Granite 355, 356,

361 Oti Supergroup 75, 77, 79,

108, 109, 110 btztal 308, 310 Oua-Oua 198,201,202,215 Oualo Formation 73 Ouankifondi Group 130,

131,136, 137, 142, 144 Ouarkziz area 232, 236, 249 Ouarzazate Sequence 231,

236,251 Oubsnguide 108, 114, 118 Ouechkech Group 215 Oued - Amour Unit 198,212,

215 - Cherra Anticline 246 - Kibane Anticline 240,

241 - Korifla valley 2~9

- Tarfa Fault 240,241 - Yquem valley 239 - Zednes Fault Zone 241 Ougarta 189,250 Oujda - area 237 - turbidites 235 Oujeft Group 192, 193 Oulad Ouaslam Granitoid

243 Ouled - Abdou area 235, 240 - Dhlim 229, 230 - Hassine 240 - Khalouk 240 - Zednes fault 240,241 Oulmes Granite 252, 253 Oulmes-Smaala Fault 235,

247 Oumat el Ham Group 191,

195 Outer Feijas Group 233 Ouzerllah Massif 243, 244,

246, 251

P Pageland Pluton 345 Pajeu Paraiba Belt 382 Pan-African 69,33,85-106,

107,108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 114, 115, 117, 118, 123, 124, 132, 133, 136, 138, 140, 142, 143, 144, 147, 189,217,218,219, 220,222,223,224,275, 298,301,302,313

- proto-ocean 117 Panabako Group 75, 77 Pangea 219,359,362,363 Pantie Formation 157 Paraiba state 387 Parautochthon 203, 204,

206, 219 Parnaiba province 371 Patos Lineament 375, 381,

382,384,391,392, 393 Pedroches Batholith 278,

279 Pegmatites 26- 27, 118 Pellele Formation 154 Pendjari Supergroup 75, 77,

79, 108, 109, 110 Penninic (domain base-

ment) 307-309,311 Peralkalic granitoid 91,386 Peri cratonic basins 73 Peridotite 173 Permian volcanics 253 Pernambuco 382, 386 - Lineament 375, 382, 384,

391, 393 - Shear Zone 381, 384, 392 - state 375 Pernambuco-Patos System

381 Persimmon Fork Forma-

tion 341,342,350,351 Pharusian - Belt 85-106, 189 - calc-alkaline plutonics

119 - volcanic arc 119 Pickens-Gilberton Fault

System 357 Pilimini Platform 159 Pine Mountain Terrane 334 Pita Group 164 Plankogel Complex

308-309, 312 Planolites 165 Plateaux d'Oujeft Group 70 Poli area 117 Porga Group 75, 109 Post-Hercynian intraplate

tectonics 72 Post-orogenic molasse 128,

131 Potomoc Composite Terra-

ne 337,341 Praguian 165 Pre-Brasiliano 374,377,390 Pre-Mesozoic crystalline

basement 355 Proterozoic glaciation 110 Proto-Atlantic ocean 267

Subject Index 403

Pull-apart basin 289, 291 Pulo do Lobo Terrane 267,

279, 280, 281, 283, 287 Pyrenees 294 Pyrite Belt 283, 285, 287,

289, 290 Pyroxenites 110

Q Quandu stock 386 Quartzite Nappe 199 Quarzazate Sequence 252 Quixada Quixeramobim

Complex 383

R Rabat-Tiflet - anticlinorium 240 - area 251 - Granite 233,237,238,

252 Rag el Abiod Complex 190 Raleigh Belt 350,351 Regs Unit 197 Reguibat basement 47-50,

189,191,192,196 - promentory 361 - shield 4, 65, 66, 69, 77,

78, 79, 189, 191, 196, 197, 361

Rehamna Massif 237,238, 240, 251, 253, 259

Rhabra Group 215 Rheinisches Schiefergebir-

ge 295 Rhenish fauna 277 Riacho - do Pontal 377 - dos Cavalos stock 386 Richard Russell Nappe

337, 338 Richat area 69 Richat-Tiris Trough 192,

193,196 Richtex Formation 342,350 Rif 250 - Domain 230 Rift 92, 232, 238, 255, 256 Rift-facies association 198 Rifting 197,212,220,222,

272,274,276,280,281, 298, 300, 301

Ring complex 93,97-99 Roanoke Rapids Terrane

341,352,354 Rokel River Group

125-133,135-138,140, 142, 146

Rokelide Trough 147 Rokelides 183 Rommani Synclinorium

239, 240, 241, 246 Rotokolon Formation 127,

137

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S Sadiola Formation 74 Sado-Anka region 117, 118 Saghro 249 - Sequence 231 Sahara 198 Saharian Domain 72, 229,

230 Saionia Scarp Group 129,

131 Salgueiro 386 - Fold Belt 375 - Group 381,386 - Schists 391 Sang 109 Sangarafa 188, 199, 201 - Quartzites 207 - Unit 203,221 Santa Quiteria 376 Sao - Francisco Craton 179,

371, 377, 387, 390, 392 Joaquim Group 387,388

- Luis 71,377 - Paulo 389 Saouda Series 189, 190 Saraya Granite 166 Sardic Phase 312-313 Sardinia 312 Sarhlef - Formation 237 - Unit 242 Sarnyere 73, 74 Sauna Basin 117 Sauratown Terrane 334 Sava Granite 115 Savalou 115 Sebt-Brikyine Granite 252 Sebtides 250 Segou Group 153,154 Sehoul Zone 233,234,237,

238, 240, 252, 256 Sekondian Series 109 Seksaoua Faults 244 Selibabi 188,198,201,213 Senador Pompeu Shear

Zone 383, 384 Senegal - Block 219 - microplate 24, 147,219 Senegal-Mauritanian - Basin 184, 215 - Coastal Plain basin 11,

12,22,140,358,359 Senegalese Gabou Unit 198 Sergipano domain 371 - Fold Belt 390, 391 Serido 374,375,376, 377,

381,382,384,387 Serie - de DaboIa 137 - lie-Devin 231 Seriodo Belt 381 Serpentinite 190, 198,201,

219,269, 270, 272, 273, 274,280,281

Serra - das Corbas 379 - de Cana Brava Stock 386 - de Lagoinha 385 - de Maranguape 379 - de Santa Luzia elongate

peralkalic pluton 42 - Sao Domingos 379 Serrita 386 Shear zone 83-106, 136,

148, 167,382 - - boundary 145 - zones of Ceara 382 Shelf-type deposit 85, 95 Shelly microfossils 160 Shoshonitic 386 Sidi - Bahilil 251 - Bettache 259 - Bettache area 235, 236,

237, 238, 239, 240, 242, 246, 252, 257, 258, 260

- Bou Othman Shear zone 242, 243, 246

- -Abdallah conglomerates 241

- -Kacem conglomerate 237

Sierra Albarrana Terrane 270, 273, 274

Silver Hill 349, 350 Silvretta 308, 310 Simenti Unit 199 Sinende Granite 115 Siroua Sequence 231,252 - -Anezi Sequence 231 Six-Mile Nappe 339 - -Mile Thrust 334 Skhirat Unit 242, 243, 249 Skoura Inlier 249 Slimane Syncline 239 Smith River composite terra-

nes 337 Sn-W mineralization 91 Sobral 379,387,389,390,

392 - Fault 113 - Shear Zone 383, 384 - -Pedro II Fault Zone 371 - -Pedro II Shear Zone

383 Sobti Conglomerate 70, 79 Sonoumon Complex 111,

117 Sotuba Group 74 Soulouina Granite 252, 253 South - Atlas Fault 189, 254 - Georgia Basin 352 - Meseta Shear Zone 259 - Protuguese Terrane 268,

275,279,281, 283 Southeastern - Atlantic Coastal Plain

354 - Terrane 315,316,317

Southwestern Alabama Igneous Complex 357

Speik Complex 308-312 Spring Hope Terrane 341,

352 Springfield Monzogranite

352 St. Lucie Metamorphic

Complex 355, 362, 363 Starr Nappe 339 Streching lineation 241,

245, 246, 258, 260 Stretched crust 147 Strike-slip faulting 91,95,

101, 102,274,277,279, 287, 290, 302, 377

Stromatolite 92, 94, 154, 192,193, 194

Stu bach Complex 307 - 308, 311

Subalkaline 91,93 Subcontinental mantle 275,

278,280,289 Subduction 92,95, 101,102,

112,118, 120, 142, 181, 253,257

Suprastructural allochthons 197,199,203,204,205, 219, 220

Sussex terrane 334 Suture 11,13,20,22,85,88,

93,97,99, 100, 118, 142, 143, 179, 183,218,270, 273,274,276, 281

Suwannee - Basin 164, 356, 362 - Terrane 354,355,357,

361 Syenites 110, 220 - of Bou Naga 211 Syn-orogenic 269,270,271,

272, 274, 275, 276, 277, 279

T Taban - Formation 128, 131 - -Kafou fault 136 Tabanit 232, 233 Tabe - Formation 128, 133 - -Makani Formation 129 Tachilla Formations 233 Taddish 108 Tafilalt 234, 235, 249, 251 Taganet 193, 194, 196,201,

202 Taia Formation 128, 129,

138 Talladega - Nappe Complex 333 - Slate Belt 354 Tallulah Falls Nappe 337,

338 Tamale Supergroup 75, 108,

109

Tambaoura nord 66 Tamboril 379 Tamellelt 259 Tamellil Inlier 237 Tamkarkart 188, 201 Tamlelt Massif 247 Tangential deformation 112 Taoudenni Basin 65,66,67,

69,70,71, 72, 73, 75, 77, 78,79, 108, 109, 129, 154, 159, 161, 195, 187, 189, 191,192,193,196,217, 224

Taoulecht Granite 252 Tarkwaien 107 Taua 389 Tauern Window 307,311 Tazekka Massif 247, 248,

249 Tazout 232, 236 - sandstones 235, 236 Tchollire 114,115,215 Telimele Group 164 Teniagouri Group 69 Termesse Group 140, 142,

159 Terra Nova Dikes 386 Terrane 97, 267, 268, 270,

273,274,275,315-329, 332

- boundary 145 - map 335 Teye Formation 128, 129,

133 Theic Ocean 166 Thermal rejuvenation 33,

44 Thickening 89,94, 109, 117 Tholeites 87, 88,92,95,99,

101,110,112,173,174, 175,236,297,298,321, 322, 325, 326

Thrust 85-106, 166, 169, 238, 239, 241, 245, 247, 250,260

- sheet 267, 275, 280, 281, 287

Thrusting 117, 118 Tiaguissi 155 Tibai Member 128, 129 Tichilit el Beida 201 - Group 193,195,203,206,

223 Tichka 257 - Granite 252, 253 - Granitoid 245, 246 Tidal flat 154, 165 Tikirt sandstones 231 Tillery Formation 349 Tillite 109,130,154,159,

160, 163, 191, 192, 195, 204

Timetrine 66, 72 - -Tilemsi area 66, 71, 72 Tindouf Basin 65,71,77,

78, 189, 191, 195,249,258

- platform 249 Tineghir area 235 Tingarach Massif 199 - succession 199 Tiokoye river 169 Tizi Maachou Faults 244,

245 Tizi-n Test Fault Zone 244,

245, 246, 249, 256, 259 Toccoa Falls Fault 339 Todi Shear Zone 132, 136,

142, 147 Tomine Inlier 161 Touareg Shield see Hoggar

Shield Touba Trough 159, 169 Toxaway - Gneiss 337 - Dome 337 Trans - -Amazonian 371,374 - -Brasiliano Lineament

383, 387 - -Mexican Volcanic Belt

360 Transaharian Fold Belt 85,

108,392 Transcurrent Faults 113 Transpression 277,285,287,

289, 290 Transtensional 245,257,258 Transverse discontinuity 18,

22,23,216,217,219 Triufo Batholith 386 Troia Massif 372 Trondhjemitic 386

Turbidites 159,233, 235, 236,237,258

U Ubajara Group 387,390 Uchee Terrane 352, 353 Ultramafic Units 85, 88, 92,

93,95,100,107,118,120, 251,334

Ultramafic/Mafic Magma-tism 212

Ultramafites 212 Uwet area 114 Uwharrie Formation 349

V Valencia de Ian Torres-Cerro

Muriano - Arc Terrane 4 - - - Supergroup 31 Valley Province 341,356 - Slate Belt 354 Variscan (orogeny) 230,

237, 243, 245, 249, 252, 307,311,313

Vaza Barris Domain 391 Velocity structure 254 Virginia Coastal Plain 334 Volcanic Arc 269, 270, 272,

274,275 - Terranes 334, 341 Volta Basin 65, 75, 77, 79,

108, 109, 110 Voltsian 108 Vosges 295, 300

w W. Assaba 195 W. Taganet 193 Wadesboro Basin 352 Wakes 162 Walhalla Nappe 339 Walidiala 130,159 War-Marou Kpessou Com-

plex 115 Wenlockian 165 West African - Coastal Block 362 - - Craton 3, 4, 70, 85, 86,

93,94,97, 100, 102, 106, 109,117,120,123,132, 146-148,189,197,212, 21~ 218, 219, 358, 359, 362, 371, 392

- - Shield basement 362 West Atlasic Faults 244, 245 - Congolian 108 - Meseta Shear Zone 254,

259 - Sahara 189 Western Atlas 259 - Blue Ridge complex 333 - High-Atlas 243 - Meseta Shear Zone 229,

239, 243, 246 - Paleozoic High Atlas 244 - Sahara 187,191,195,

197, 199,200,201,205, 210, 222, 361

- Sahara Nappes 190,205 Wiggins Uplift 355, 357 Wiley Gneiss 337

Subject Index 405

Wilmington Terrane 352, 353

Winnsboro - Granite 343 - Pluton 345

Y Yaounde 114 Yarba 66 Vendi 109 Vendi Group 75, 77 Youkounkoun Group 131,

142 Younger Granites 112 Yucatan 357,360

Z Zaer - Granite 239, 240 - ridge 236 - rise 240, 259 Zaire Craton 3, 392 Zemmour 184, 190,195,

196, 198, 200, 201, 206, 229, 230, 233, 249

- Noir 191 - region 69, 191, 192, 195,

196,198,200,206,229 Zeolite facies 114 Ziar Mrirt Units 248 Zini Formation 233 Zli Group 192, 193, 195 Zungeru - Fault Zone 113 - Mylonite Zone 113