Abstract
The deformations of the West Congolian belt (about 600 Ma) and its foreland are described in terms of geometry and dynamics. Their transcurrent regimes, characterized by dextral movements within the belt and transverse sinistral movements in its foreland, are emphasized. On the basis of a Lower Cretaceous fit of the South American and the African continents and of the structural framework of the Brasiliano (Pan-African) domains, links between the West Congo belt and eastern Brazil Brasiliano belts (Sergipano, Rio Pardo) are proposed. In late Proterozoic reconstruction of these domains a geodynamic model of indentation tectonics by the Sao Francisco craton is proposed.
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