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Monica Heilbron is affiliated with Rio de Janeiro State University in Brazil and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Computer Science. Their research primarily focuses on geophysics, geochemistry and petrology, paleontology, and atmospheric science.

The main topics covered by their work include geological and geochemical analysis, geochemistry and geologic mapping, earthquake and tectonic studies, geochemistry and elemental analysis, paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, geological and geophysical studies, and geology and paleoclimatology research.

Monica Heilbron has published research in several venues, with a significant number of articles appearing in the Journal of South American Earth Sciences and Precambrian Research. Other frequent publication venues include SSRN Electronic Journal, Geoscience Frontiers, and the Brazilian Journal of Geology.

Their recent notable papers include:

  • Neoproterozoic magmatic arc systems of the central Ribeira belt, SE-Brazil, in the context of the West-Gondwana pre-collisional history: A review (2020), Journal of South American Earth Sciences
  • Neoarchean and Rhyacian TTG-Sanukitoid suites in the southern São Francisco Paleocontinent, Brazil: Evidence for diachronous change towards modern tectonics (2020), Geoscience Frontiers
  • Multi-proxy evidence for subduction of the Neoproterozoic Adamastor Ocean and Wilson cycle tectonics in the South Atlantic Brasiliano Orogenic System of Western Gondwana (2022), Precambrian Research
  • Proterozoic to Ordovician geology and tectonic evolution of Rio de Janeiro State, SE-Brazil: insights on the central Ribeira Orogen from the new 1:400,000 scale geologic map (2020), Brazilian Journal of Geology
  • Evidence for a complex accretionary history preceding the amalgamation of Columbia: The Rhyacian Minas-Bahia Orogen, southern São Francisco Paleocontinent, Brazil (2020), Gondwana Research

Collaborations are a prominent aspect of their research career, with frequent coauthors including Cláudio de Morisson Valeriano, Henrique Bruno, Júlio César Horta de Almeida, Ivo Dussin, and Carla Neto.

Best Publications

  • Timing of terrane accretion in the Neoproterozoic–Eopaleozoic Ribeira orogen (se Brazil)

    Monica Heilbron;Nuno Machado

  • UPb geochronology of the central Ribeira belt (Brazil) and implications for the evolution of the Brazilian Orogeny

    N. Machado;C. Valladares;M. Heilbron;C. Valeriano

  • Correlation of Neoproterozoic terranes between the Ribeira Belt, SE Brazil and its African counterpart: comparative tectonic evolution and open questions

    M. Heilbron;M. Heilbron;C. M. Valeriano;C. M. Valeriano;C. C. G. Tassinari;C. C. G. Tassinari;J. Almeida;J. Almeida

  • From Collision to Extension: the Roots of the Southeastern Continental Margin of Brazil

    Monica Heilbron;CláUdio M. Valeriano;Edison J. Milani

  • Tectonic evolution of the Brasília Belt, Central Brazil, and early assembly of Gondwana

    C. M. Valeriano;C. M. Valeriano;M. M. Pimentel;M. M. Pimentel;M. Heilbron;M. Heilbron;J. C. H. Almeida;J. C. H. Almeida

  • A new interpretation for the interference zone between the southern Brasília belt and the central Ribeira belt, SE Brazil

    Rudolph A.J. Trouw;Rodrigo Peternel;Andre Ribeiro;Mônica Heilbron

  • Evolution of reworked Paleoproterozoic basement rocks within the Ribeira belt (Neoproterozoic), SE-Brazil, based on U–Pb geochronology: Implications for paleogeographic reconstructions of the São Francisco-Congo paleocontinent

    Mônica Heilbron;Beatriz Paschoal Duarte;Cláudio de Morisson Valeriano;Antonio Simonetti

  • The Ediacaran Rio Doce magmatic arc revisited (Araçuaí-Ribeira orogenic system, SE Brazil)

    Mahyra Tedeschi;Tiago Novo;Antônio Pedrosa-Soares;Ivo Dussin

  • A OROGÊNESE BRASILIANA NO SEGMENTO CENTRAL DA FAIXA RIBEIRA, BRASIL

    Monica Heilbron;Cláudio De Morisson Valeriano;Cláudia Sayão Valladares;Nuno Machado

  • Juvenile contribution of the Neoproterozoic Rio Negro Magmatic Arc (Ribeira Belt, Brazil): Implications for Western Gondwana amalgamation

    Miguel Tupinambá;Monica Heilbron;Claudio Valeriano;Rubem Porto Júnior;Rubem Porto Júnior

  • U-Pb LA-MC-ICPMS geochronology of Cambro-Ordovician post-collisional granites of the Ribeira belt, southeast Brazil: Terminal Brasiliano magmatism in central Gondwana supercontinent

    Claudio de Morisson Valeriano;Miguel Tupinambá;Antonio Simonetti;Monica Heilbron

  • GEOLOGIA DA FAIXA RIBEIRA SETENTRIONAL: ESTADO DA ARTE E CONEXÕES COM A FAIXA ARAÇUAÍ

    Miguel Tupinambá;Monica Heilbron;Beatriz Paschoal Duarte;José Renato Nogueira

  • Neoproterozoic western gondwana assembly and subductionrelated plutonism: the role of the Rio Negro Complex in the Ribeira Belt

    Miguel Tupinamba;Wilson Teixeira;Monica Heilbron

  • Multi-proxy evidence for subduction of the Neoproterozoic Adamastor Ocean and Wilson cycle tectonics in the South Atlantic Brasiliano Orogenic System of Western Gondwana

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  • The Serra da Bolívia complex: The record of a new Neoproterozoic arc-related unit at Ribeira belt

    Monica Heilbron;Miguel Tupinambá;Claudio de Morisson Valeriano;Richard Armstrong

  • K-Ar and 40Ar/39Ar ages of dikes emplaced in the onshore basement of the Santos Basin, Resende area, SE Brazil: implications for the South Atlantic opening and tertiary reactivation

    Eliane Guedes;Monica Heilbron;Paulo M. Vasconcelos;Cláudio de Morisson Valeriano

  • Neoproterozoic magmatic arc systems of the central Ribeira belt, SE-Brazil, in the context of the West-Gondwana pre-collisional history: A review

    Monica Heilbron;Monica Heilbron;Claudio de Morisson Valeriano;Claudio de Morisson Valeriano;Caroline Peixoto;Miguel Tupinambá

  • Tectonic evolution of the Juvenile Tonian Serra da Prata magmatic arc in the Ribeira belt, SE Brazil: Implications for early west Gondwana amalgamation

    Caroline de Araujo Peixoto;Monica Heilbron;Diana Ragatky;Richard Armstrong

  • São Francisco Craton, Eastern Brazil

    Monica Heilbron;Umberto G. Cordani;Fernando F. Alkmim

  • Ages of Detrital Zircon from Siliciclastic Successions South of the São Francisco Craton, Brazil: Implications for the Evolution of Proterozoic Basins

    Claudia Sayão Valladares;Nuno Machado;Monica Heilbron;Gilles Gauthier

  • The São Francisco Craton and Its Margins

    Monica Heilbron;Umberto G. Cordani;Fernando F. Alkmim

  • São Francisco Craton, eastern Brazil: tectonic genealogy of a miniature continent

    Monica Heilbron;Umberto G. Cordani;Fernando F. Alkmim

  • Correlation of neoproterozoic terranes between the Ribeira Belt, SE Brazil and its African counterpart: comparative tectonic evolution and open questions

    Monica Heilbron;Claudio de Morisson Valeriano;Colombo Celso Gaeta Tassinari;Julio Almeida

Frequent Co-Authors

Nuno Machado
Nuno Machado University of Quebec at Montreal
Ivo Antônio Dussin
Ivo Antônio Dussin Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Antônio Carlos Pedrosa-Soares
Antônio Carlos Pedrosa-Soares Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Wilson Teixeira
Wilson Teixeira Universidade de São Paulo
Fernando Flecha de Alkmim
Fernando Flecha de Alkmim Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto
Colombo Celso Gaeta Tassinari
Colombo Celso Gaeta Tassinari Universidade de São Paulo
Antonio Simonetti
Antonio Simonetti University of Notre Dame
Umberto G. Cordani
Umberto G. Cordani Universidade de São Paulo
Elton Luiz Dantas
Elton Luiz Dantas University of Brasília
Craig Storey
Craig Storey University of Portsmouth

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