Figure 3 Reconstruction of the African and S. American plates at 144 Ma.
Reconstruction shows that the Amazonica, São Luis and W. African Cratons appear to have been initially part of a single body. The locations of São Luiz and S. E. Guinean alluvial diamond deposits are indicated by black dots on the Amazonica and W. African Cratons respectively.
Craton locations from Dawson (1980) and Tompkins (1992). Construction by the computer programme GLG-Plates (Ford, C. E., University of Edinburgh, 1995) using an orthorhombic projection and viewing down -50° Latitude, -5° Longitude.