Brasiliano orogeny

Brasiliano orogeny or Brasiliano cycle (Portuguese: Orogênese Brasiliana and Ciclo Brasiliano) refers to a series of orogenies from the Neoproterozoic era, exposed chiefly in Brazil but also in other parts of South America.

The Brasiliano orogeny is a regional name for the larger Pan-African/Brasiliano orogeny that extended not only in South America but across most of Gondwana.

[1] In a wide sense the Brasiliano orogeny includes also the Pampean orogeny.

Almeida et al. coined the term Brasiliano Orogenic Cycle in 1973.

[4] Attempts to correlate the South American Brasiliano belts with the African Pan-African belts on the other side of the Atlantic have in many cases been problematic.

West Gondwana with major cratons in brown and Pan-African orogenies in grey