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Elson P. Oliveira is affiliated with the State University of Campinas in Brazil and has conducted research primarily in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Computer Science. Within these areas, their work spans various subfields including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Geochemistry and Petrology, Paleontology, and Environmental Chemistry.

Their research topics cover a broad range of geological and geochemical themes, such as:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Elson P. Oliveira's recent papers include multiple publications that highlight their contributions to understanding ancient geological formations and tectonic processes:

  • "Birthplace of the São Francisco Craton, Brazil: Evidence from 3.60 to 3.64 Ga Gneisses of the Mairi Gneiss Complex," 2020, Terra Nova
  • "Geochronology and petrogenesis of the TTG gneisses and granitoids from the Central Bundelkhand granite-greenstone terrane, Bundelkhand Craton, India: Implications for Archean crustal evolution and cratonization," 2021, Precambrian Research
  • "Earth's oldest hotspot track at ca. 1.8 Ga advected by a global subduction system," 2022, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • "LA-ICP-MS zircon U Pb dating, Lu Hf, Sm Nd geochronology and tectonic setting of the Mesoarchean mafic and felsic magmatic rocks in the Sangmelima granite-greenstone terrane, Ntem Complex (South Cameroon)," 2020, Lithos
  • "Heavy minerals in provenance studies: an overview," 2021, Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Their work has appeared frequently in specific academic venues, including:

  • Journal of South American Earth Sciences
  • Precambrian Research
  • Lithos
  • Geoscience Frontiers
  • Brazilian Journal of Geology

Elson P. Oliveira has collaborated often with several researchers. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Sanjeet K. Verma
  • Juan A. Moreno
  • Vivek P. Malviya
  • Kumar Batuk Joshi
  • Maurício Rigoni Baldim

Best Publications

  • Proterozoic links between the Borborema Province, NE Brazil, and the Central African Fold Belt

    W. R. van Schmus;E. P. Oliveira;A. F. da Silva Filho;S. F. Toteu

  • The Neoproterozoic Sergipano orogenic belt, NE Brazil: A complete plate tectonic cycle in western Gondwana

    Elson P. Oliveira;Brian F. Windley;Mario N.C. Araújo

  • Geologic correlation between the Neoproterozoic Sergipano belt (NE Brazil) and the Yaoundé belt (Cameroon, Africa)

    E.P. Oliveira;S.F. Toteu;M.N.C. Araujo;M.J. Carvalho

  • Mesoarchaean to Palaeoproterozoic growth of the northern segment of the Itabuna-Salvador-Curaca orogen, Sao Francisco craton, Brazil

    E.P. Oliveira;N.J. McNaughton;Richard Armstrong

  • LA-SF-ICP-MS zircon U–Pb geochronology of granitic rocks from the central Bundelkhand greenstone complex, Bundelkhand craton, India

    Sanjeet K. Verma;Surendra P. Verma;Elson P. Oliveira;Vinod K. Singh

  • Development of symmetrical and asymmetrical fabrics in sheet-like igneous bodies: the role of magma flow and wall-rock displacements in theoretical and natural cases

    L.C Correa-Gomes;L.C Correa-Gomes;C.R Souza Filho;C.J.F.N Martins;E.P Oliveira

  • First precise U-Pb baddeleyite ages of 1500 Ma mafic dykes from the Sao Francisco Craton, Brazil, and tectonic implications

    E. M. Silveira;Ulf Söderlund;E. P. Oliveira;R. E. Ernst

  • Nature and Evolution of the Archean Crust of the São Francisco Craton

    Wilson Teixeira;Elson Paiva Oliveira;Leila Soares Marques

  • The Algodões amphibolite-tonalite gneiss sequence, Borborema Province, NE Brazil: Geochemical and geochronological evidence for Palaeoproterozoic accretion of oceanic plateau/back-arc basalts and adakitic plutons

    Guttenberg Martins;Elson P. Oliveira;Jean-Michel Lafon

  • U-Pb dating of granites in the Neoproterozoic Sergipano Belt, NE-Brazil: Implications for the timing and duration of continental collision and extrusion tectonics in the Borborema Province

    Juliana Finoto Bueno;Elson Paiva Oliveira;Neal J. McNaughton;Jorge Henrique Laux

  • U-Pb baddeleyite dating of the Proterozoic Pará de Minas dyke swarm in the São Francisco craton (Brazil) – implications for tectonic correlation with the Siberian, Congo and North China cratons

    Julia Cederberg;Ulf Söderlund;Elson P. Oliveira;Richard E. Ernst

  • U-Pb geochronology of the 2.0 Ga Itapecerica graphite-rich supracrustal succession in the São Francisco Craton: Tectonic matches with the North China Craton and paleogeographic inferences

    Wilson Teixeira;Elson P. Oliveira;Peng Peng;Elton L. Dantas

  • Contrasting copper and chromium metallogenic evolution of terranes in the Palaeoproterozoic Itabuna–Salvador–Curaçá orogen, São Francisco craton, Brazil: new zircon (SHRIMP) and Sm–Nd (model) ages and their significance for orogen-parallel escape tectonics

    Elson P Oliveira;Brian F Windley;Neal J McNaughton;Marcio Pimentel

  • Return to Rodinia? Moderate to high palaeolatitude of the São Francisco/Congo craton at 920 Ma

    D. A. D. Evans;R. I. F. Trindade;E. L. Catelani;M. S. D'Agrella-Filho

  • The Rio Capim volcanic–plutonic–sedimentary belt, São Francisco Craton, Brazil: Geological, geochemical and isotopic evidence for oceanic arc accretion during Palaeoproterozoic continental collision

    E.P. Oliveira;Z.S. Souza;N.J. McNaughton;J.-M. Lafon

  • Radiating 1.0 Ga Mafic Dyke Swarms of Eastern Brazil and Western Africa: Evidence of Post-Assembly Extension in the Rodinia Supercontinent?

    L.C. Correa-Gomes;L.C. Correa-Gomes;E.P. Oliveira

  • Geochemistry and petrogenesis of sanukitoids and high-K anatectic granites from the Bundelkhand Craton, India: Implications for late-Archean crustal evolution

    Pradip K. Singh;Sanjeet K. Verma;Vinod K. Singh;Juan Antonio Moreno Moreno

  • Petrogenesis of the Canindé de São Francisco complex: A major Late Proterozoic gabbroic body in the Sergipe Foldbelt, northeastern Brazil

    E.P. Oliveira;J. Tarney

  • Reconnaissance U–Pb geochronology of Precambrian quartzites from the Caldeirão belt and their basement, NE São Francisco Craton, Bahia, Brazil: implications for the early evolution of the Paleoproterozoic Itabuna–Salvador–Curaçá orogen

    Elson P Oliveira;Edson F Mello;Neal McNaughton

  • Birthplace of the São Francisco Craton, Brazil: Evidence from 3.60 to 3.64 Ga Gneisses of the Mairi Gneiss Complex

    Elson P. Oliveira;Neal J. McNaughton;Stefano A. Zincone;Cristina Talavera

  • Geochemistry and Sm–Nd isotope systematics of mafic-ultramafic rocks from the Babina and Mauranipur greenstone belts, Bundelkhand Craton, India: Implications for tectonic setting and Paleoarchean mantle evolution

    Pradip K. Singh;Sanjeet K. Verma;Juan Antonio Moreno Moreno;Vinod K. Singh

  • Age, composition, and source of continental arc- and syn-collision granites of the Neoproterozoic Sergipano Belt, Southern Borborema Province, Brazil

    Elson P. Oliveira;Juliana F. Bueno;Neal J. McNaughton;Adejardo F. Silva Filho

Frequent Co-Authors

Neal J. McNaughton
Neal J. McNaughton Curtin University
Wilson Teixeira
Wilson Teixeira Universidade de São Paulo
Richard E. Ernst
Richard E. Ernst Carleton University
Brian F. Windley
Brian F. Windley University of Leicester
Ulf Söderlund
Ulf Söderlund Lund University
Mingguo Zhai
Mingguo Zhai Chinese Academy of Sciences
Maurizio Mazzucchelli
Maurizio Mazzucchelli University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Ricardo I.F. Trindade
Ricardo I.F. Trindade Universidade de São Paulo
Surendra P. Verma
Surendra P. Verma National Autonomous University of Mexico
M. Santosh
M. Santosh China University of Geosciences

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