“…This belt, similar to that proposed by Porada (1979), was generated from the NW subduction of an oceanic crust, the Brusque Group having evolved in a back-arc setting. This model, has been modified as a consequence of studies taken place in different DFB segments, such as: da Silva et al (1980), Basei et al (2000Basei et al ( , 2005Basei et al ( and 2008a, Passarelli et al (1993), Mantovani et al (1989), Phillip et al (2004Fernandes et al (1995, in Rio Grande do Sul, and Bossi and Gaucher (2004), Sanchez-Bettucci et al (2004, Oyhantçabal et al (2009) and Gaucher et al (2009) in Uruguay.…”