[HTML][HTML] The Mid-Variscan Allochthon: Keys from correlation, partial retrodeformation and plate-tectonic reconstruction to unlock the geometry of a non-cylindrical belt

JRM Catalan, K Schulmann, JF Ghienne - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
The non-cylindrical character of the Variscan Belt is established via a description of its most
salient geological characteristics and correlations among the main and relatively minor …

Late Palaeozoic palaeomagnetic and tectonic constraints for amalgamation of Pangea supercontinent in the European Variscan belt

JB Edel, K Schulmann, O Lexa, JM Lardeaux - Earth-science reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper provides a review of the evolution of palaeomagnetic directions and sequence of
tectonic events in the European Variscan belt during Late Palaeozoic times. These data are …

[HTML][HTML] A restored section of the “southern Variscan realm” across the Corsica–Sardinia microcontinent

P Rossi, G Oggiano, A Cocherie - Comptes rendus géoscience, 2009 - Elsevier
A complete section of the southern realm of the Variscan orogenic belt can be restored in the
Corsica–Sardinia segment. Northern Corsica exposes a nonmetamorphosed Palaeozoic …

Exhumation of deep continental crust in a transpressive regime: The example of Variscan eclogites from the Aiguilles‐Rouges massif (Western Alps)

J Vanardois, F Roger, P Trap… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Mafic eclogites are found in many orogens as lenses embedded in quartzofeldspathic
migmatites. These high‐pressure relics are interpreted either as remnants of ancient sutures …

Multiple early Paleozoic volcanic events at the northern Gondwana margin: U–Pb age evidence from the Southern Variscan branch (Sardinia, Italy)

G Oggiano, L Gaggero, A Funedda, L Buzzi… - Gondwana …, 2010 - Elsevier
In Sardinia, one of the southernmost remains of the European Variscan belt, a crustal
section through different Gondwanan paleodomains is largely preserved. Laser ablation ICP …

The transition from Variscan collision to continental break-up in the Alps: Insights from the comparison between natural data and numerical model predictions

MI Spalla, D Zanoni, AM Marotta, G Rebay… - Geological Society …, 2014 - lyellcollection.org
Records of Variscan structural and metamorphic imprints in the Alps indicate that before
Pangaea fragmentation, the continental lithosphere was thermally and mechanically …

The geodynamic evolution of the Southern European Variscides: constraints from the U/Pb geochronology and geochemistry of the lower Palaeozoic magmatic …

F Giacomini, RM Bomparola, C Ghezzo… - … to Mineralogy and …, 2006 - Springer
The high-grade metamorphic complex of northern Sardinia consists of a strongly deformed
sequence of migmatitic ortho-and paragneisses interlayered with minor amphibolites …

Anticlockwise pressure–temperature paths record Variscan upper‐plate exhumation: Example from micaschists of the Porto Vecchio region, Corsica

HJ Massonne, G Cruciani… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
To better understand the evolution of deep‐seated crust of the Variscan orogen in the
Sardinia‐Corsica region, we studied garnet‐bearing micaschists which were sampled 3 km …

Early Permian 90° clockwise rotation of the Maures–Estérel–Corsica–Sardinia block confirmed by new palaeomagnetic data and followed by a Triassic 60° clockwise …

JB Edel, L Casini, G Oggiano, P Rossi… - Geological Society …, 2014 - lyellcollection.org
Palaeomagnetic investigations of the Corso-Sardinian block and Maures–Estérel show that
there has been a change in their magnetic orientation during the Late Carboniferous–Early …

PT path from garnet zoning in pelitic schist from NE Sardinia, Italy: Further constraints on the metamorphic and tectonic evolution of the north Sardinia Variscan belt

G Cruciani, M Franceschelli, R Carosi, C Montomoli - Lithos, 2022 - Elsevier
Mylonitic micaschists in the south-eastern sector of the Posada-Asinara Shear Zone in the
Axial Zone of the Sardinia Variscan chain were investigated for the reconstruction of their …