Tectonic evolution of Variscan Iberia: gondwana–Laurussia collision revisited

RD Fernández, R Arenas, MF Pereira… - Earth-Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
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 …

A review of the arcuate structures in the Iberian Variscides; constraints and genetic models

R Dias, A Ribeiro, J Romão, C Coke, N Moreira - Tectonophysics, 2016 - Elsevier
ABSTRACT In the Iberian Variscides several first order arcuate structures have been
considered. In spite of being highly studied their characterization, formation mechanisms …

North-Gondwana assembly, break-up and paleogeography: U–Pb isotope evidence from detrital and igneous zircons of Ediacaran and Cambrian rocks of SW Iberia

MF Pereira, AR Solá, M Chichorro, L Lopes… - Gondwana …, 2012 - Elsevier
The Estremoz Anticline in the Ossa-Morena Zone (SW Iberia) includes upper Ediacaran
detrital rocks unconformably overlain by lower Cambrian detrital and carbonate rocks. The …

Variscan ophiolite belts in the Ossa-Morena Zone (Southwest Iberia): Geological characterization and geodynamic significance

A Ribeiro, J Munhá, PE Fonseca, A Araújo, JC Pedro… - Gondwana …, 2010 - Elsevier
The boundary between the Iberian and South-Portuguese terranes in SW Iberia is traced by
a suture recording the closure of Rheic and related oceans through NNE-directed …

Early Ordovician–Devonian passive margin stage in the Gondwanan units of the Iberian Massif

JC Gutiérrez-Marco, JM Piçarra, CA Meireles… - The Geology of Iberia: A …, 2019 - Springer
Progressive opening of the Rheic Ocean led to the drifting away of one or several ribbon
terranes, generally ascribed to Avalonia, and inaugurated a passive margin stage on the …

Synorogenic basins

JT Oliveira, E González-Clavijo, J Alonso… - The Geology of Iberia: A …, 2019 - Springer
Synorogenic basins formed in all lithospheric units involved in the Variscan orogeny, ie the
Gondwanan and Laurussian continental margins and also in the oceanic realm. However …

Variscan metamorphism

ML Ribeiro, J Reche, A López-Carmona… - The Geology of Iberia: A …, 2019 - Springer
Various segments of Variscan crust are currently exposed in Iberia in response to
successive tectonic events during the Variscan orogeny itself and subsequent extensional …

SW Iberia Variscan suture Zone: oceanic affinity units

C Quesada, JA Braid, P Fernandes, P Ferreira… - The Geology of Iberia: A …, 2019 - Springer
The geology of SW Iberia records a sequence of geologic events from the Cambrian-Early
Ordovician rifting and subsequent passive margin development along the southern flank of …

Stratigraphy of the Northern Pulo do Lobo Domain, SW Iberia variscides: A palynological contribution

Z Pereira, P Fernandes, JX Matos, RCGS Jorge… - Geobios, 2018 - Elsevier
We present palynological results from the northern sector of the Pulo do Lobo Domain,
combining sections studied in Portugal and Spain. A total of 139 samples were studied, of …

Evolução geodinâmica da Zona de Ossa-Morena no contexto do SW Ibérico durante o Ciclo Varisco

N Moreira, A Araújo, J Pedro… - Comunicações Geológicas …, 2014 - dspace.uevora.pt
A evolução geodinâmica da Zona de Ossa-Morena é essencial na compreensão do Ciclo
Varisco no Terreno Autóctone Ibérico. Vários estudos de índole estratigráfica, estrutural …