[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 …
salient geological characteristics and correlations among the main and relatively minor …
From a bipartite Gondwanan shelf to an arcuate Variscan belt: The early Paleozoic evolution of northern Peri-Gondwana
Abstract The Late Paleozoic Variscan Orogen of Europe and North Africa comprises
reworked Neoproterozoic to Early Paleozoic crust of the northern Gondwanan shelf that …
reworked Neoproterozoic to Early Paleozoic crust of the northern Gondwanan shelf that …
Tectonic evolution of Variscan Iberia: gondwana–Laurussia collision revisited
An integrated interpretation of the late Paleozoic structural and geochronological record of
the Iberian Massif is presented and discussed under the perspective of a Gondwana …
the Iberian Massif is presented and discussed under the perspective of a Gondwana …
Correlation of allochthonous terranes and major tectonostratigraphic domains between NW Iberia and the Bohemian Massif, European Variscan belt
Abstract The NW Iberian Allochthon and the Teplá-Barrandian and Moldanubian zones
represent the internal parts of the Variscan belt in their respective domains. A correlation …
represent the internal parts of the Variscan belt in their respective domains. A correlation …
Deformation and structure
The Variscan deformation in the Iberian Massif is related to the large-scale plate tectonic
scenario that drove to the destruction of the Rheic and other intervening oceans, to finally …
scenario that drove to the destruction of the Rheic and other intervening oceans, to finally …
The Galicia–Ossa-Morena Zone: proposal for a new zone of the Iberian Massif. Variscan implications
Correlation of a group of allochthonous terranes (referred to as basal, ophiolitic and upper
units) exposed in the NW and SW of the Iberian Massif, is used to propose a new …
units) exposed in the NW and SW of the Iberian Massif, is used to propose a new …
Reconciling competing models for the tectono-stratigraphic zonation of the Variscan orogen in Western Europe
JB Murphy, C Quesada, G Gutiérrez-Alonso… - Tectonophysics, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Late Paleozoic Variscan orogen in Europe is the result of convergence and
collision between Laurussia and Gondwana during closure of the Rheic Ocean. The orogen …
collision between Laurussia and Gondwana during closure of the Rheic Ocean. The orogen …
Exhuming a cold case: The early granodiorites of the northwest Iberian Variscan belt—A Visean magmatic flare-up?
G Gutiérrez-Alonso, J Fernández-Suárez… - …, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
In this study we report laser ablation–inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometer U-Pb
ages of granitoids from the so-called early granodiorites of the northwest Iberian Variscan …
ages of granitoids from the so-called early granodiorites of the northwest Iberian Variscan …
Variscan cycle
JF Simancas - The Geology of Iberia: A Geodynamic Approach …, 2019 - Springer
This chapter summarizes the classical and recent ideas together with the geodynamic
hypotheses regarding the Variscan Cycle in Iberia, as an introduction to the more extensive …
hypotheses regarding the Variscan Cycle in Iberia, as an introduction to the more extensive …
100 myr cycles of oceanic lithosphere generation in peri-Gondwana: Neoproterozoic–Devonian ophiolites from the NW African–Iberian margin of Gondwana and the …
Abstract The Variscan Orogen in Iberia and the Anti-Atlas Mountains in Morocco contains a
set of ophiolites formed between Neoproterozoic and Devonian times, during the complex …
set of ophiolites formed between Neoproterozoic and Devonian times, during the complex …