Abstract
The Brazilian Orogen, on the southern margin of the São Francisco Craton, shows geometric and phenomenological similarities with mesozoic orogens which date from the time of the clowse of the mesozoic Tethys paleo-ocean (Indo-Australian plate). The suture zone placed between the San franciscana and Paranapanema plate as well as in the Alphine Orogen is subhorizontal and cartographically s…