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A Allochthons of Bou Agri Archaean 31-46, 107, 108, Azlaf Group 70 A-type granitoid 99 248 114, 116, 120, 148, 189, Azrou 236, 237 Abda/Sarihef Unit 242 Alpine 197, 199, 204, 205, 296, - foreland basin 258 Abolag 66 - allochthonous units 250 301, 371 Acado-Baltic affinities 342, - basement 245,267, - granite-greenstone terra- 8 361 307-313 ne 127, 142 Bab-Azhar Zone 248 Acari Granite 381, 382, - Rif 230 - greenstones 144 Back-arc 95,287,298,299, 386 Alps 299, 300 - proto lith 125 300 Accraian Series 109 A1tamaha-Brunswick - suture hypothesis 145, Badajoz-Cordoba shear Achaikar 66, 68, 73 magnetic anomaly 357 147 zone 270,272,274,276, Acritarch 165,269,270, Alto allochthon 334, 339, Arg Faults 244, 245 278, 279 281 346 Argillite 153,154,157, 159, Badiar Hill 163 Actinote 172 Amane Jssougri microrift 160, 161, 162, 166, 169, Bafata Group 165, 166 Adoudounian 231, 252 251 172 Bahamas fracture zone 357, Adrar 70, 189, 192, 193, Amasine Group 69 Armorica 268,312,353 362 194, 195, 196, 197,201, Amizmis fault zone 244, Armorican Bakel 187, 197 204 245 - Massif 295, 302 - area 197, 199,212 - des Jforas 108 Amour Unit 213 - Quartzite Formation 276, - quartzites 221 - Soutouf Range 199 Amphibolite 279 - series 184 Adrer-Guinea Line 18,20, - facies 107,108,114,172, Asbill Pond Formation 342, Bakoye Group 69 24 198, 199,203,206,208 350 Balkan 312 Adriatic microplate 307 - -gneiss association Assaba 194,195,200, Baltic affinities 342 Afacora schist belt 110, 112, 307-311 201 Baltimore terrane 334, 113,117 Anambra Basin 112 - Plateau 195,200 341 Afolle 66, 195 Anatexis 272, 290 Assabet el Hassiane Group Bamako 66, 74 African ice-sheet 276 Anchizonal 172, 173, 68,69,78,192,196 Bandafassi platform 161, Agadir 249 206 Atar Group 68, 69, 73, 78, 169 Aghaoujeft Group 193,194, - metamorphism 206 192, 193, 195,196 Banded 195,203 Andean-type margin 272, Atlantic - iron formation 111 Agou Complex 110 274 - Coastal Plain 334, 354, - tuffs 138 Agoualilet Unit 198 Andesite 157, 174 356 Bandiagara Group 73, Agramarou magmatite 115 Anezi Group 231 - margin 11, 12 74 Ahnet 68 Angola 108 - Ocean 360, 364 Bani J 232 Ain-Hallouf Anticline 239 Anorogenic 298 - Shelf 254 - II 232 Air 87-88 - ring complexes 112 - -type ocean 117 Bania Group 130,131,137, - Tamellil Inlier 236,237, Anorthosite 95, 353 Atlas Domain 229 138, 142, 144, 148 244,249,259,260 Anti Atlas 77, 189, 191,229, Atlasic Tamlelt Inlier 250 Barrovian metamorphism Ait Lahsen Faults 244, 230,231,232,233,234, Augite 175 242 245 249, 253, 254 Augusta fault zone 344 Basalt 111,154,173,174 Akjoujt 184,197,199,201, Antigonish Highlands Terra- Aulacogen 86, 100 Basement 151,296,297, 205,210,212,215,219 ne 315 Austroalpine (area domain 301 Akuse Complex 110 Aoucert 190,201 region, unit) 299, Bashkirian conglomerates Alaouana Granite 252, Aouker 193, 199,203 307-311 250 253 - dune complex 198 Avalon 298 Basic Albemarle 347,349,350, Aouli Granite 252, 253 - terranes 224, 298, 315, - dykes 41 351 Appalachian 332,350,351 - ultrabasic rocks 110 Aldanella Attleborensis 160 - exotic terranes 345, Avalonian Bassaride 140, 142, 147, Algerian 250 360 - orogeny 267 151,153,166 Alkaline 92,93,94,97,98, - lithotectonic belts 346 - plate 361 Bassaris 139, 142 99,112,173,197,201,298, Apulian microplate ("Apu• Ayoun Basin 189, 190, Batapa Group 162, 163, 321, 322, 325, 326 lia") 307,313 191 169,172,174,181 Alleghanian 343,345,347, Arabo-Nubian 298 Azegour Fault 245, 246, Batholith 83,92,93,97,99, 350, 352, 363 Arc 299,300 252 100, 101, 156 400 Subject Index

Bechar Basin 236, 258 Brasiliano - region 375 Coyah granite 138,361 Beja-Acebuches ophiolite - Granites 385, 391 - shear zones 384 Crabtree terrane 352, 353 267,279,280,281,289 - orogeny 371,373,374, - state 371 Crooked Creek schist 338 Bel Air-Rising Sun terrane 377, 383, 384, 387, 391 Cenozoic sedimentary Crowburg Mesozoic basin 341 Brazil 108, 113 basins 393 352 Belair Belt 344, 352 Break-up unconformity Central Crustal Ben Slimane Syncline 239, 276 - Domain 371 - (continental) growth 297, 246 Breccias 154, 157 - Massif allochthon 249 298, 301 Benin 107,108,115,117, Brevard fault zone 339,340, - Morocco massif 238 - block 18,20,22,24,218, 118 341,347 - Structural Domain 377, 219,254,259 Benue Brittany 296 386 - heat production 14, 15, - fault zone 113 Brunswick Chad Basin 112 16 - trough 112 - Terrane 352 Char Group 67, 68, 192, - thickening 243, 290 Betaina 232 - -Altamaha magnetic ano- 196 - thinning 253, 259 Betana 232, 236 maly 354, 355, 357 Charleston Magnetic Terra• Cryptic suture 142, 143 Bie en Naharat Formation Btaat Ergil Group 196 ne 341,352 Cuba Block 360 71 Buem Structural unit 110, Charlotte Belt 341, 345, Bir Arnrane Group 69 113, 117 346, 349, 350, 351 D Birimian 46-57 Bullom Group 136 Charnokitic complexes 107 Dahakatian 42, 116 Birrimian (Eburnean) 197 Burgeo Terrane 327 Charnokites 110, 111, 112 Dahlonega fault 337 Birrimian Burin Terrane 317, 328 Chauga Belt 339 Dahomes 117 - 107,116,117, 197 Burkinian 47, 107 Chauga-Walhalla Complex Dahou Mahou Basin 111, Bissau-Guinea 163, 164, Bushimay 108 339 117 177 Chaval 389 Dalema series (or Group) Bissau-Kidira fracture zone C Chegga 66 153, 166, 172 147 Cachoeirinha Group 375, Cheikhia Group 69 Dapaong Group 75, 77 Bivalves 165 377, 381, 385, 386, 387, Chela Group 108 Dassa-Zoume 115 Blue Ridge 337 391 Chell out Unit 248, 258 Debdou 237 Blueschist 299,301,302 Cadomian orogeny 267, Cherrat Anticline 239 Decollement 239, 250, 258 Bobo Dioulasso 66 270,271,272,273,274, Cheticamp Terrane 315 Decoupling zone 90,91 Bodoco Batholith 385 297,302, 312 Chinguetti sandstones 195 Dedbou 236, 247 Bohemian Calc-alkaline 91,92,93,97, Chitinozoans 165 Deep Sea Drilling Project - fauna 234 98,99, 101, 110, 112, 118, Chopawamsic Terrane 341 258 - massif 295,297,313 142, 166, 167, 198, 199, Chortis Block 326 Derouvarou Complex 110 Bollore river 157 201,206,211,215,217, Christine borehole 66, 73 Dhloa Born Conselho-Maragoji 297,321,322, 325, 326, Chunky Gal 341 - region 191 lineament 384 386 Cinerites 157 - Belt 201 Bombauaka Supergroup Calc-silicate rocks 111, 112 Circum-Atlantic 267,291 Diala-Bouanze 198,201, 75,77,108, 110 Caledonian orogeny 151, Clouds Creek Granite 343, 208 Borborema province 371, 219 344,345 Diale series (Group) 153, 373, 377, 390, 392 Caledonides 299 Coastal 166, 172 Bornu basin 112 Cambrian 109,151,160, - Meseta 259 Diamictite 108,109,159, Bou 163, 181,298,301 - Plain 341,344,352,353, 161, 164 - Agri nappes 248 - trilobites 342 354 Diapiric tectonics 39-41 Azzer 249 Cameroon 107,108,112, - Plain pre-Mesozoic base• Dienoundiala orthogneiss Gader 238, 242, 243 115, 116, 117 ment 355, 356 169 Mia granite 252 Caninde Complex 391 Cobequid Highlands Terra• Dikke Group 193 Naga window 197,211, Cantabrian Arc 287,290 ne 315 Dikkel Group 195 212,220,222 Cape Breton Terrane 315 Columbia Granite 343 Dimamou 66 Rzim greywackes 237 Carbonatite 93 Conceicao-type granitoids Dimamou-Hombori area 74 -Mia Granite 253 Carboniferous 182,292, 386 Dionaba 201 Bouazer 189 300,301,302 Conception Terrane 317, Dira Formation 154 Bouguer gravity anomaly Cardiola 165 322, 325, 326 Disrupted terranes 334, 337 216,217,218,219,253, Carolina Congo craton 108, 114, 116, Djabatoure Complex 110 254 - slate belt 341, 342, 344, 118 Djbeliat Group 69 Bouly Group 195 346,349,351 Conjugate faults 98 Djonaba Bouzniqa 238 - Terrane 341, 342, 343, Continental - Tillite 207 Bove Basin 123,130,131, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, - tholeiite 198 - Unit 197, 199,203,207 136, 139, 140, 151, 163, 350,352,353,354,361 - -scale shear zones 377 Dodo Member 128, 129 164, 166, 170, 180, 194, Casablanca 234 Cordillera 97, 101 Dolerites 173 195,224,361 Cataclastic deformation Cornwall 295 Dolomite 159, 160, 161 Brachiopods 165, 166 136 Coronitic reaction 96 Draa lowlands 234 Bramram Catoche Knoll 358 Correlation 267, 268, Ductile fault 240,241,243, - Granite 252 Ceara 373,377, 378 281-329,332 244, 246, 258, 259, 377 - Granitoid 243 - Group 379 COST GEl well 356 Dyke swarm 98-99, 155, Bras d'Or Terrane 315,321 - nappes 380 Couvinian 166 175 Subject Index 401

E Floyd Church Formations Gneisses 108, 110, 111, 112 Gurupi Belt 371 Early Proterozoic 371 349 Goaida 251 Guyana Shield 146,392 Eastern Fluvio-glacial 128 Godiovol 200 - Alps 307-313 Flysch 85, 100, 270, 272, Goe-Fantro Range 136 H - Meseta 229 276, 279, 285, 287, 289 Gold Hill Fault 349, 350 Habach Group 307-308, - Rehanma schists 241 Fongolambi Formation 154 Gondwana 166,224,256, 311 - Skhirat Shear Zone 242 Forecariah Group 130,131, 268,247,350,356,359, Hajjar Dekhen 188 Eburnean 184, 190 136 - 138, 140 360, 361 Hamdallaye 188, 197, 198, - basement 66, 73, 77 Foreland 166,195,196,200, - -Laurasia 219 201,213,215 - orogeny 66, 107, 108, 202, 204, 206, 217, 218 Gondwanian Miogeocline Hammar Laghdad Basalts 112, 115, 116, 138, 190, - Basin 257,270,274,277 256 251 197,229,301 - thrust-fold belt 248 Goochland Terrane 352, Harbinson Granite 343 Eclogite 90, 100, 110, 115, Fortaleza 379 353, 354, 360, 361, 362, Hassabet el Hassian Gr 192 272,275,281, 296, 299, Fortune Terrane 317,322, 363, 393 Hatteras Terrane 352, 354 300, 301, 302 325, 326 Gorobani 115 Hayesville Thrust 333, 339, El Aoueija 198,201,203, Fosse aux Lions 59, 77 Gounia-Bakel Unit 202 363 212,213,214,215 Fossils 191 Gourma Heat flow density 14-16 El Ayoun coastal basin 184 Fouta Djalon 183 - Basin 65, 66, 73, 75, 79 Helen Group 337 El Hneikat Unit 198,218, Fragmented ophiolite 337 - region 68, 108 Hercynian 189, 196,217, 220,221 Francevillian 108 Graben 153 301 El ladida 251 Frauenberg slice 309 Grandfather Mountain Win• - fauna 276 - escarpment 239 Freetown mafic igneous dow 334 - orogeny 65, 71, 170, 180, - Granitoid 256 complex 139 Granite-Greenstone Terra- 181,269,271,272,273, El Kamel 235 ne 130,136,137,142,145 274,275,276,289 El Khatt fracture zone 218 G Granites 49,50,51,56, 110, High Atlas 236,237,243, El Mreiti Group 68 Gabbro units 112, 334 111,112,113,118,172, 253,254,256 El Thlithyate Group 191 Gabbros 213, 214 188, 198,206, 211, 212, 220 - Paleozoic massif 238, 243 Elberton Granite 340 Gabou Unit 201,202 Granja Granulites 388 Highlands Terrane 221,321 Emersion 154 Gabu 170 Granodiorite 112,175,198, Hoggar 66, 69, 70, 79, Emsian 165 Gada lenabia Unit 240,241 219,220 85-106,108,113,118 Ensialic 298 Gadel Group 212,215 Granulites 84, 89, 90, 93, - shield 189 Eovariscan 247 Gaffney Terrane 352, 353 94,95,99,110,101,107, Hombori 66, 73, 74 Equador Formation 374 Galicia-Tras-os- Montes com- 114,116, 199,206,210, Hope Valley Terrane 315 Erg Chech Group 70 plexes 267, 268, 248 243, 246, 252, 296 300, Hornblende 172 Esquevin method 172, 173 Gambia 177 301,302,377 Hyco Formation 347 Estancia Group 391 Gander Terrane 317,318 Gravimetric 138, 166, 177 European Hercynian Fold- Gaoua 188,201 Gravity anomalies 93, 99, belt 267 - Allochton 199 100, 110 Ibadan Extensional regime 91, 101, - quartzites 220, 221 Gravity trends 16, 18, 19, - granite gneisses 116 255,256 - Unit 203 217,218,254 - orthogneiss 113 External Gara Sayada Formation 80 Great Smoky Fault 347 Ibel limestones 166 - Rif 250 Garat el Hamoueid Group Greenschist facies 114,117, Iberian - zone 197, 215, 258, 302 191 172, 198, 199,203,204, - Massif 267,268,275,276, Gedinian 143 206, 207 278,280,281,283,291 F Geodynamic evolution 133, Greenstone Belts 44-46, 56, - Peninsula 267, 275 Fafa area 66, 73 142, 145, 147, 148, 181 108,372 - terrane 267, 268, 269, Falaise d' Atar Group 69 Geoelectric model 14 Grenville 333, 338 270,271,272,273,274, Faleme Basin 151,154,159, Geophysical anomalies 16, Greywacke Zone 307-309 275 161, 166, 169, 172 17, 18, 19,20,21,23,217, Grizim 66, 68 I danre area 116 Falls Lake 334 218,219,317,327,328 Groix 299 Ife- Ifesha area 112, 114, Farkaka Unit 188,198,201, Geosynclinical sequence Groupe de Douik 68 117,118 203,208,210,211,212, 142 Guelb el Hadej 220 Ifewara Fault Zone 113 215,220 Ghana 107,108 - Klippen 205 Ifni Granite 252 Feija 232 Ghomarides 250 Guidimakha Iforas 86, 93 -1 01 Felsic Volcanic-Plutonic Gibi Mountain 131,132, - area 200, 201 Iforas' granulite block 115 Complex 355 133, 136, 137, 147 - granites 197, 198,219, Igbetti granite gneisses 116 Fereren 66 Givetian 166 220 Ignimbrites 157,174,181, Fersiga 66 Glacio-marine see glacioge• Guinea 151 300 Fezouata (outer Feija) 232, nic - -Nubia lineament 72 Ijibiten 188,201,205 233 Glaciogenic 69, 70, 79, 85, Guingan Group 142, 144, Ikare area 115 First Bani Group 233 97,99, 101, 108, 109, 128, 154, 155, 166, 172, 173 I1e- Ife granite gneiss 116 Fita Granite 115 131, 133, 191, 192, 193, Gulf Imi-n-Tanoute Faults 244, Flake tectonics 289 194, 195, 196, 197,204, - Coastal Plain 334, 354, 245 Florida 207, 214, 233, 276 356 Indentation 21,24,224,361 - Straits Block 360 Gleinalm 308,310 - of Mexico 357, 358, 360, Independencia 376, 379, - subsurface 362 Gneiguira Group 195 364 389 402 Subject Index

I nfrastructural allochthons Keba Group 77 337, 346, 349, 353, 359, Mauritanian-Senegal Basin 197, 198,203,204,221 Kebia Group 109 360, 361, 362, 363 184,217,218 Inner Kedougou 166 Leatherwood Granite 337 Mauritanide Orogen 123, - Feijas Group 232 - Inlier 151,153,155,159, Lebekere slope 159 124, 139, 142, 143, 145, - Piedmont composite terra- 161 Lenestella sp. 160 147, 183, 301, 302, 358 ne 339, 340, 345, 346, Kef-el-Mouneb 241 Leo Shield 4,43-46, 73, Mbalou Unit 197,198,200, 353, 361 Kelbe 188 131, 139, 142 201 - Rif 230,237,251 - Unit 198,220 Leonian 107 Mechra-ben-Abbou Anti• Intermontane basin 277, 291 Kembera Inlier 169,181 Liberian cline 240,241 Internal Kenema Assemblage 123, - age province 131, 132, Mechra-Ben-Abbou red• - nappes 197, 199 124, 127, 133, 135, 136, 136-138, 142, 147 beds 241 - Rif 250 144 - granite-greenstone terra- Medio Coreau 371,383, - zone 197,230,257 Kenieba Inlier 139,190, ne 135, 138 389 Intracontinental basin 147 200 - granitic terrane 125, 146 Medium-grade metamor• Irma formation 73 Kenifra Nappe 248 - orogenic event 144 phism 239, 245 Iron formations 37-38,44, Kharrouba Liberty Hill Pluton 345 Medusoid 123 46 - Flysch 242, 243 Lindian 108 Meguma Terrane 317,324, Island arc 85,86,92,93,97, - Formation 236, 243 Lineament 85,90,91, 101 328 99-101,118 Kharrouba/Sidi Bou Oth- Little Mountain Pluton 341, Mejeria 193,195,196,197, Itabirite-bearing quartzite man Unit 242,' 243 342 199,203 130,136 Khatouat area 239,241 Low-grade metamorphism Mekkam 247 Jtaporanga 382, 385, 386 Khatt area 193,219 239, 240, 245, 250, 258 Melange 337 Khenifra Unit 248 Lower Bani Groups 233 Ment Granite 245, 252, 253 J Khouribga - Oulmes Anti- Lucie Metamorphic Com• Meruoca 389 Jaibaras Group 387,390 clinorium 240, 246 plex 355 Mesozoic and Cenozoic se- Jay Fault 357 Kibaran 108, 115, 116 Lumachelles 165 quences 184 Jbel Kidira 200 - bauxites 183 - Bani 249 Kidira-Kolda Lineament M - crystalline basement 354 - Boho 231,251 18,23,219 M'bout area 208,215,221 - faults 357 - Hadid 251 Kiffa Series 193, 195 Mabole Formation 128, - rifting 363 - Kharrou 240,241 Kindia Formation 164 129, 138 - sediments 79 - Ouarkziz 249 Kings Mountain Belt 353 Macurure Domain 391 Mesti Granite 231,252 Jebilet 236,237,238,242, Kiokee Belt 342, 343, 344, Madina Kouta 66 Metabasalts 107, 110 243, 249, 252, 253, 256, 345, 351 Magnetotelluric 13, 166, Metamorphic terranes of un- 259 Kissi Kissi Formation 130 177 certain origins 334 Jefferson Composite terra- Kodjari Group 75,109 Magta Lahjar 201,203,215, Metamorphism 34-35,39, ne 337,339,346,361 Kolente Group 130, 131, 222 46,48-49,56, 113, 114, Jerada massif 234, 247 136, 137 Mahera Formation 130 237-251,269,270,272, Jorf-el-Ahmar anticline 240 Komba Basin 151,155,159, Maider 235 317-321 Jos Plateau 112 161,162,169,174,176 Majeria 193, 197 Middelt-Oujda axis 256 Jua Graben 391 Koriden Complex 307-308, Makani Formation 128, Midelt massif 235, 247, 256, Jucurutu Group 374 310-312 129, 133 257 Juliette terrane 334 Koro 73 Mako Series (Group) 153, Migmatite 38,87,89,90,95, Kouande Gneiss 115 166,172 107,110,111,112 K Koulountou Unit 212,215, Malaguides 250, 251 Milton Terrane 352, 353 Kabye Complex 110 217 Mali Group 70, 130, 140, Miogeocline 189, 197,273, Kabylia 251 Kounsouta Formation 130 142, 153, 154, 159, 160, 274, 275 Kaintaleck slices 307 - 311 Koutiala Formation 74 161,162, 163,223 Mixtites 162,163, 197,200 Kalahari Craton 3 Kreb en Naga Group 70 Man Shield 73,131 Mocambo 389 Kalanga Fault Zone 113 Ktaoua 332, 233 Man-Leo Modoc Zone 347,348,349 Kalangian 108 - Shield 65, 75 Moho 13, 16, 21, 23, 253 Kambui Supergroup 127, L - Uplift 108, 109 Mojave-Sonora Megashear 144 Lake Chatuge 341 Marampa 360 Kandi Lalla Tittaf 240 - Group 126, 127, 135-138, Molasse 86-88,93,97,109, - Basin 117 Lanta Basin 117 142-147 110, 111, 181, 182,276, - Fault 113, 392 Larabanga 109 - Suture 142 279 Kanta Formation 154 Late Maranco Domain 391 Monesterio Antiform 271 Kara orthogneiss 110, 115 - Ordovician glaciation Marrakech-Azrou Trough Monograptus Karou Gneiss 115 129 243 - telleri (Lenz) 165 Kasewe Hills Formation - Paleozoic orogeny 359 Matinopole phyllites 387 - thomasi (Jeager) 165 128,129, 131, 138, 142 - Precambrian orogenic Maryland Coastal Plain 334 - yukonensis (Jackson et Kasila Group 123-126, 133, event 269, 271, 272 Massar Thrust 200 Lenz) 165 135-138, 140, 142, 145 Lato Massi Formation 73 Moravia 297,300 Kayan Inlier 162 - Complex 110 Matoto Formation 127, 137 MORB 198,222 Kayes Inlier 190, 193, 194, - Hill 113 Mauritanian Anomaly 217, - affinity 99 200 Laurentia 224, 333, 334, 218,259 Moroccan Subject Index 403

- Hercynides 229-266 - tholeiite 215 107,108, 109, 110, 111, Pull-apart basin 289, 291 - Meseta 253, 254 Ocoquan Granite 337 112, 114, 115, 117, 118, Pulo do Lobo Terrane 267, Morocco 108,235 Ogoue System 108 123, 124, 132, 133, 136, 279, 280, 281, 283, 287 Morrinhos 389 Olistostrome 246, 237, 242, 138, 140, 142, 143, 144, Pyrenees 294 Mount 243, 258, 260, 270 147, 189,217,218,219, Pyrite Belt 283, 285, 287, - Binia 138 Ophiolite 110, 118, 142, 220,222,223,224,275, 289, 290 - Gangan Formation 164 174,198,201,212,215, 298,301,302,313 Pyroxenites 110 Mountain City window 334 220, 267, 270, 273, 274, - proto-ocean 117 Mreiti 66 275,280,281,289,298, Panabako Group 75, 77 Q Mserser 240 300, 302, 337 Pangea 219,359,362,363 Quandu stock 386 Mylonite 87, 89-90, 93, 95, Oros Pantie Formation 157 Quartzite Nappe 199 113, 135, 136, 146; 172, - Fault System 393 Paraiba state 387 Quarzazate Sequence 252 198, 205, 206, 243, 317, - shear zone 383 Parautochthon 203, 204, Quixada Quixeramobim 318, 323, 325 - Unit 376 206, 219 Complex 383 Mylonitic EI Jadid Grano• Orthogneiss 111, 112, 113, Parnaiba province 371 diorite 243 115,297,298 Patos Lineament 375, 381, R Osceola Granite 355, 356, 382,384,391,392, 393 Rabat-Tiflet N 361 Pedroches Batholith 278, - anticlinorium 240 Namel Trough 161,69 Oti Supergroup 75, 77, 79, 279 - area 251 Namurian 301 108, 109, 110 Pegmatites 26-27, 118 - Granite 233,237,238, Nappe 85-86,89,93,95, btztal 308, 310 Pellele Formation 154 252 100, 101, 237, 243, 248, Oua-Oua 198,201,202,215 Pendjari Supergroup 75, 77, Rag el Abiod Complex 190 249, 300, 301, 302 Oualo Formation 73 79, 108, 109, 110 Raleigh Belt 350,351 Nappe tectonics 113, 114, Ouankifondi Group 130, Penninic (domain base- Regs Unit 197 117,137,197,199,200, 131,136, 137, 142, 144 ment) 307-309,311 Reguibat basement 47-50, 205, 215, 219, 224, 377 Ouarkziz area 232, 236, 249 Peralkalic granitoid 91,386 189,191,192,196 Nara Shales 70 Ouarzazate Sequence 231, Peri cratonic basins 73 - promentory 361 Nashoba Terrane 315 236,251 Peridotite 173 - shield 4, 65, 66, 69, 77, Native Terranes 333 Oubsnguide 108, 114, 118 Permian volcanics 253 78, 79, 189, 191, 196, 197, Ndieo Group 195, 196 Ouechkech Group 215 Pernambuco 382, 386 361 Ndoumeli Group 195, 196 Oued - Lineament 375, 382, 384, Rehamna Massif 237,238, Nema-Nara area 66,72 - Amour Unit 198,212, 391, 393 240, 251, 253, 259 Newberry Granite 343, 345 215 - Shear Zone 381, 384, 392 Rhabra Group 215 Ngaoundere Fault Zone - Cherra Anticline 246 - state 375 Rheinisches Schiefergebir- 113,116 - Kibane Anticline 240, Pernambuco-Patos System ge 295 Niger Basin 112 241 381 Rhenish fauna 277 Nigeria 107, 108, 112, 117, - Korifla valley 2~9 Persimmon Fork Forma- Riacho 118 - Tarfa Fault 240,241 tion 341,342,350,351 - do Pontal 377 Nigerian 392 - Yquem valley 239 Pharusian - dos Cavalos stock 386 Nikki Magmatite 115 - Zednes Fault Zone 241 - Belt 85-106, 189 Richard Russell Nappe Niokolo Koba Ougarta 189,250 - calc-alkaline plutonics 337, 338 - Group 142 Oujda 119 Richat area 69 - Granite 212,220 - area 237 - volcanic arc 119 Richat-Tiris Trough 192, - Unit 199,215,217 - turbidites 235 Pickens-Gilberton Fault 193,196 Non-Laurentian terranes 363 Oujeft Group 192, 193 System 357 Richtex Formation 342,350 Normandy 296 Oulad Ouaslam Granitoid Pilimini Platform 159 Rif 250 North 243 Pine Mountain Terrane 334 - Domain 230 - Ceara Nappes 376 Ouled Pita Group 164 Rift 92, 232, 238, 255, 256 - Florida Basin 356, 361 - Abdou area 235, 240 Plankogel Complex Rift-facies association 198 Northwestern Highlands - Dhlim 229, 230 308-309, 312 Rifting 197,212,220,222, Terrane 315 - Hassine 240 Planolites 165 272,274,276,280,281, Nouedgui-Bou Naga 197, - Khalouk 240 Plateaux d'Oujeft Group 70 298, 300, 301 206 - Zednes fault 240,241 Poli area 117 Ring complex 93,97-99 Ntem Complex 116 Oulmes Granite 252, 253 Porga Group 75, 109 Roanoke Rapids Terrane Nyong region 114, 116 Oulmes-Smaala Fault 235, Post-Hercynian intraplate 341,352,354 247 tectonics 72 Rokel River Group o Oumat el Ham Group 191, Post-orogenic molasse 128, 125-133,135-138,140, O. Ouaslam Granite 252 195 131 142, 146 Oban Massif 112 Outer Feijas Group 233 Potomoc Composite Terra- Rokelide Trough 147 Obduction 274, 275, 280, Ouzerllah Massif 243, 244, ne 337,341 Rokelides 183 281,289,290 246, 251 Praguian 165 Rommani Synclinorium Oceanic Pre-Brasiliano 374,377,390 239, 240, 241, 246 - Lithosphere 97, 110, 117, P Pre-Mesozoic crystalline Rotokolon Formation 127, 142, 147,220,272,277, Pageland Pluton 345 basement 355 137 279,281,282,289,341, Pajeu Paraiba Belt 382 Proterozoic glaciation 110 342 Pan-African 69,33,85-106, Proto-Atlantic ocean 267 404 Subject Index

S Serra Southwestern Alabama Tambaoura nord 66 Sadiola Formation 74 - das Corbas 379 Igneous Complex 357 Tamboril 379 Sado-Anka region 117, 118 - de Cana Brava Stock 386 Speik Complex 308-312 Tamellelt 259 Saghro 249 - de Lagoinha 385 Spring Hope Terrane 341, Tamellil Inlier 237 - Sequence 231 - de Maranguape 379 352 Tamkarkart 188, 201 Sahara 198 - de Santa Luzia elongate Springfield Monzogranite Tamlelt Massif 247 Saharian Domain 72, 229, peralkalic pluton 42 352 Tangential deformation 112 230 - Sao Domingos 379 St. Lucie Metamorphic Taoudenni Basin 65,66,67, Saionia Scarp Group 129, Serrita 386 Complex 355, 362, 363 69,70,71, 72, 73, 75, 77, 131 Shear zone 83-106, 136, Starr Nappe 339 78,79, 108, 109, 129, 154, Salgueiro 386 148, 167,382 Streching lineation 241, 159, 161, 195, 187, 189, - Fold Belt 375 -- boundary 145 245, 246, 258, 260 191,192,193,196,217, - Group 381,386 - zones of Ceara 382 Stretched crust 147 224 - Schists 391 Shelf-type deposit 85, 95 Strike-slip faulting 91,95, Taoulecht Granite 252 Sang 109 Shelly microfossils 160 101, 102,274,277,279, Tarkwaien 107 Sangarafa 188, 199, 201 Shoshonitic 386 287, 290, 302, 377 Taua 389 - Quartzites 207 Sidi Stromatolite 92, 94, 154, Tauern Window 307,311 - Unit 203,221 - Bahilil 251 192,193, 194 Tazekka Massif 247, 248, Santa Quiteria 376 - Bettache 259 Stu bach Complex 307 - 308, 249 Sao - Bettache area 235, 236, 311 Tazout 232, 236 - Francisco Craton 179, 237, 238, 239, 240, 242, Subalkaline 91,93 - sandstones 235, 236 371, 377, 387, 390, 392 246, 252, 257, 258, 260 Subcontinental mantle 275, Tchollire 114,115,215 Joaquim Group 387,388 - Bou Othman Shear zone 278,280,289 Telimele Group 164 - Luis 71,377 242, 243, 246 Subduction 92,95, 101,102, Teniagouri Group 69 - Paulo 389 - -Abdallah conglomerates 112,118, 120, 142, 181, Termesse Group 140, 142, Saouda Series 189, 190 241 253,257 159 Saraya Granite 166 - -Kacem conglomerate Suprastructural allochthons Terra Nova Dikes 386 Sardic Phase 312-313 237 197,199,203,204,205, Terrane 97, 267, 268, 270, Sardinia 312 Sierra Albarrana Terrane 219, 220 273,274,275,315-329, Sarhlef 270, 273, 274 Sussex terrane 334 332 - Formation 237 Silver Hill 349, 350 Suture 11,13,20,22,85,88, - boundary 145 - Unit 242 Silvretta 308, 310 93,97,99, 100, 118, 142, - map 335 Sarnyere 73, 74 Simenti Unit 199 143, 179, 183,218,270, Teye Formation 128, 129, Sauna Basin 117 Sinende Granite 115 273,274,276, 281 133 Sauratown Terrane 334 Siroua Sequence 231,252 Suwannee Theic Ocean 166 Sava Granite 115 - -Anezi Sequence 231 - Basin 164, 356, 362 Thermal rejuvenation 33, Savalou 115 Six-Mile Nappe 339 - Terrane 354,355,357, 44 Sebt-Brikyine Granite 252 - -Mile Thrust 334 361 Thickening 89,94, 109, 117 Sebtides 250 Skhirat Unit 242, 243, 249 Syenites 110, 220 Tholeites 87, 88,92,95,99, Segou Group 153,154 Skoura Inlier 249 - of Bou Naga 211 101,110,112,173,174, Sehoul Zone 233,234,237, Slimane Syncline 239 Syn-orogenic 269,270,271, 175,236,297,298,321, 238, 240, 252, 256 Smith River composite terra- 272, 274, 275, 276, 277, 322, 325, 326 Sekondian Series 109 nes 337 279 Thrust 85-106, 166, 169, Seksaoua Faults 244 Sn-W mineralization 91 238, 239, 241, 245, 247, Selibabi 188,198,201,213 Sobral 379,387,389,390, T 250,260 Senador Pompeu Shear 392 Taban - sheet 267, 275, 280, 281, Zone 383, 384 - Fault 113 - Formation 128, 131 287 Senegal - Shear Zone 383, 384 - -Kafou fault 136 Thrusting 117, 118 - Block 219 - -Pedro II Fault Zone 371 Tabanit 232, 233 Tiaguissi 155 - microplate 24, 147,219 - -Pedro II Shear Zone Tabe Tibai Member 128, 129 Senegal-Mauritanian 383 - Formation 128, 133 Tichilit el Beida 201 - Basin 184, 215 Sobti Conglomerate 70, 79 - -Makani Formation 129 - Group 193,195,203,206, - Coastal Plain basin 11, Sonoumon Complex 111, Tachilla Formations 233 223 12,22,140,358,359 117 Taddish 108 Tichka 257 Senegalese Gabou Unit 198 Sotuba Group 74 Tafilalt 234, 235, 249, 251 - Granite 252, 253 Sergipano domain 371 Soulouina Granite 252, 253 Taganet 193, 194, 196,201, - Granitoid 245, 246 - Fold Belt 390, 391 South 202 Tidal flat 154, 165 Serido 374,375,376, 377, - Atlas Fault 189, 254 Taia Formation 128, 129, Tikirt sandstones 231 381,382,384,387 - Georgia Basin 352 138 Tillery Formation 349 Serie - Meseta Shear Zone 259 Talladega Tillite 109,130,154,159, - de DaboIa 137 - Protuguese Terrane 268, - Nappe Complex 333 160, 163, 191, 192, 195, - lie-Devin 231 275,279,281, 283 - Slate Belt 354 204 Seriodo Belt 381 Southeastern Tallulah Falls Nappe 337, Timetrine 66, 72 Serpentinite 190, 198,201, - Atlantic Coastal Plain 338 --Tilemsi area 66, 71, 72 219,269, 270, 272, 273, 354 Tamale Supergroup 75, 108, Tindouf Basin 65,71,77, 274,280,281 - Terrane 315,316,317 109 78, 189, 191, 195,249,258 Subject Index 405

- platform 249 Turbidites 159,233, 235, w Wilmington Terrane 352, Tineghir area 235 236,237,258 W. Assaba 195 353 Tingarach Massif 199 W. Taganet 193 Winnsboro - succession 199 Wadesboro Basin 352 - Granite 343 U Tiokoye river 169 Wakes 162 - Pluton 345 Ubajara Group 387,390 Tizi Maachou Faults 244, Walhalla Nappe 339 Uchee Terrane 352, 353 245 Walidiala 130,159 Ultramafic Units 85, 88, 92, Y Tizi-n Test Fault Zone 244, War-Marou Kpessou Com- 93,95,100,107,118,120, Yaounde 114 245, 246, 249, 256, 259 plex 115 251,334 Yarba 66 Toccoa Falls Fault 339 Wenlockian 165 Ultramafic/Mafic Magma- Vendi 109 Todi Shear Zone 132, 136, West African tism 212 Vendi Group 75, 77 142, 147 - Coastal Block 362 Ultramafites 212 Youkounkoun Group 131, Tomine Inlier 161 -- Craton 3, 4, 70, 85, 86, Uwet area 114 142 Touareg Shield see Hoggar 93,94,97, 100, 102, 106, Uwharrie Formation 349 Younger Granites 112 Shield 109,117,120,123,132, Yucatan 357,360 Touba Trough 159, 169 146-148,189,197,212, Toxaway V 21~ 218, 219, 358, 359, - Gneiss 337 Valencia de Ian Torres-Cerro 362, 371, 392 Z - Dome 337 Muriano -- Shield basement 362 Zaer Trans - Arc Terrane 4 West Atlasic Faults 244, 245 - Granite 239, 240 - -Amazonian 371,374 --- Supergroup 31 - Congolian 108 - ridge 236 - -Brasiliano Lineament Valley Province 341,356 - Meseta Shear Zone 254, - rise 240, 259 383, 387 - Slate Belt 354 259 Zaire Craton 3, 392 - -Mexican Volcanic Belt Variscan (orogeny) 230, - Sahara 189 Zemmour 184, 190,195, 360 237, 243, 245, 249, 252, Western Atlas 259 196, 198, 200, 201, 206, Transaharian Fold Belt 85, 307,311,313 - Blue Ridge complex 333 229, 230, 233, 249 108,392 Vaza Barris Domain 391 - High-Atlas 243 - Noir 191 Transcurrent Faults 113 Velocity structure 254 - Meseta Shear Zone 229, - region 69, 191, 192, 195, Transpression 277,285,287, Virginia Coastal Plain 334 239, 243, 246 196,198,200,206,229 289, 290 Volcanic Arc 269, 270, 272, - Paleozoic High Atlas 244 Zeolite facies 114 Transtensional 245,257,258 274,275 - Sahara 187,191,195, Ziar Mrirt Units 248 Transverse discontinuity 18, - Terranes 334, 341 197, 199,200,201,205, Zini Formation 233 22,23,216,217,219 Volta Basin 65, 75, 77, 79, 210, 222, 361 Zli Group 192, 193, 195 Triufo Batholith 386 108, 109, 110 - Sahara Nappes 190,205 Zungeru Troia Massif 372 Voltsian 108 Wiggins Uplift 355, 357 - Fault Zone 113 Trondhjemitic 386 Vosges 295, 300 Wiley Gneiss 337 - Mylonite Zone 113