Two plates—many subduction zones: the Variscan orogeny reconsidered

U Kroner, RL Romer - Gondwana Research, 2013 - Elsevier
The Variscides of Europe and N-Africa are the result of the convergence of the plates of
Gondwana and Laurussia in the Paleozoic. This orogen is characterized by the juxtaposition …

The Cambro-Ordovician Ollo de Sapo magmatism in the Iberian Massif and its Variscan evolution: A review

M García-Arias, A Díez-Montes, C Villaseca… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
We present here a comprehensive and updated review on the gneissic Ollo de Sapo
Formation (OSF) in the Iberian Massif and discuss multiple aspects (lithostratigraphy …

The pre-orogenic detrital zircon record of the Peri-Gondwanan crust

T Stephan, UWE Kroner, RL Romer - Geological Magazine, 2019 - cambridge.org
We present a statistical approach to data mining and quantitatively evaluating detrital age
spectra for sedimentary provenance analyses and palaeogeographic reconstructions …

Gondwanan basement terranes of the Variscan–Appalachian orogen: Baltican, Saharan and West African hafnium isotopic fingerprints in Avalonia, Iberia and the …

BJ Henderson, WJ Collins, JB Murphy… - Tectonophysics, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Iberia, Avalonia and the “Armorican” terranes form key constituents of the Variscan–
Appalachian orogen, but their Neoproterozoic origins along the northern Gondwanan …

Sediment and weathering control on the distribution of Paleozoic magmatic tin–tungsten mineralization

RL Romer, U Kroner - Mineralium Deposita, 2015 - Springer
The formation of major granite-hosted Sn and/or W deposits and lithium–cesium–tantalum
(LCT) type pegmatites in the Acadian, Variscan, and Alleghanian orogenic belts of Europe …

The Cambrian-Early Ordovician rift stage in the Gondwanan units of the Iberian Massif

T Sánchez-García, M Chichorro, AR Solá… - The Geology of Iberia: A …, 2019 - Springer
A rifting stage initiated the Variscan cycle in NW Gondwana, lasted from Terreneuvian to
Early Ordovician times and culminated in opening of the Rheic Ocean. The result of …

[HTML][HTML] Early Paleozoic accretionary orogens along the Western Gondwana margin

S Oriolo, B Schulz, S Geuna, PD González… - Geoscience …, 2021 - Elsevier
Early Paleozoic accretionary orogens dominated the Western Gondwana margin and were
characterized by nearly continuous subduction associated with crustal extension and back …

Provenance variability along the Early Ordovician north Gondwana margin: Paleogeographic and tectonic implications of U-Pb detrital zircon ages from the Armorican …

J Shaw, G Gutiérrez-Alonso, ST Johnston… - …, 2014 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Detrital zircon laser ablation–inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry U-Pb age data
from the Lower Ordovician Armorican Quartzite (deformed passive margin strata of …

Testing the Avalonian affinity of the South Portuguese Zone and the Neoproterozoic evolution of SW Iberia through detrital zircon populations

I Pérez-Cáceres, DM Poyatos, JF Simancas, A Azor - Gondwana Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract New SHRIMP U-Pb geochronogical data on detrital zircons from the South
Portuguese Zone (SPZ) in SW Iberia and the Sehoul Block in northwest Morocco are …

[HTML][HTML] Metasomatic effect of Li-bearing aplite-pegmatites on psammitic and pelitic metasediments: Geochemical constraints on critical raw material exploration at the …

J Errandonea-Martin, I Garate-Olave… - Ore Geology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Fluid-assisted mass transfer and re-equilibration of mineral phases are common
consequences of metasomatism associated with igneous intrusions. The addition and/or …