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Chapter 10. Final discussion ........................................................................................169 10.1. North African Gondwana margin section during Ediacaran to Lower Cambrian times.......................................................171 10.2 Metasedimentary series: geochemical features..................................................171 10.3 Arc magmatism: geochemical evolution............................................................173 10.3.1. Onset of magmatism....................................................................................173 10.3.2. Arc construction...........................................................................................174 10.3.3. Final stage of magmatism and arc collapse.................................................175 10.4 Peri-Gondwanan arc section dynamics during Ediacaran-Lower Cambrian times: sedimentary sequences and associated magmatism.................................................................176 Chapter 11. Final conclusions .....................................................................................179 Chapter 12. References ................................................................................................183 APPENDICES ...............................................................................................................199 Appendix I. Supplementary material for Chapter 7....................................................201 Appendix II. Supplementary material for Chapter 8..................................................237 Appendix III. Supplementary material for Chapter 9.................................................269