“…In recent years, geochronologic studies has intensifi ed, signifi cantly contributing to the understanding of the stratigraphy of these terranes (e.g., Tassinari et al, 1990;Reis Neto, 1994;Daitx, 1996;Maniesi and Oliveira, 1997;Basei et al, 1992Basei et al, , 2003Basei et al, , 2008Siga Jr. et al, 1995, 2011a, 2011bSato and Siga Jr., 2001;Sato et al, 2003;Cury et al, 2002;Prazeres Filho et al, 2003a, 2003b, 2003cSalazar et al, 2004;Prazeres Filho, 2005;Campanha et al, 2004Campanha et al, , 2008aCampanha et al, , 2009Ribeiro, 2006;Weber et al, 2003;Oliveira et al, 2008). The presence of concordant metersized bodies of metabasic rocks in the metasedimentary rocks was fundamental to the geochronologic study of these sequences.…”