Archaean tectonic systems: A view from igneous rocks

JF Moyen, O Laurent - Lithos, 2018 - Elsevier
This work examines the global distribution of Archaean and modern igneous rock's
compositions, without relying on preconceptions about the link between rock compositions …

Collision vs. subduction-related magmatism: two contrasting ways of granite formation and implications for crustal growth

JF Moyen, O Laurent, C Chelle-Michou, S Couzinié… - Lithos, 2017 - Elsevier
Earth's continental crust is dominantly made of buoyant, felsic igneous material (granitoids),
that was ultimately extracted from the mantle as a result of Earth's differentiation. Since felsic …

Protracted, coeval crust and mantle melting during Variscan late-orogenic evolution: U–Pb dating in the eastern French Massif Central

O Laurent, S Couzinié, A Zeh, O Vanderhaeghe… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
The late stages of the Variscan orogeny are characterized by middle to lower crustal melting
and intrusion of voluminous granitoids throughout the belt, which makes it akin to “hot” …

Flow of partially molten crust controlling construction, growth and collapse of the Variscan orogenic belt: the geologic record of the French Massif Central

O Vanderhaeghe, O Laurent… - Bulletin de la …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Flow of partially molten crust controlling construction, growth and collapse of the Variscan
orogenic belt: the geologic record of the French Massif CentralImpact du fluage de la croûte …

Experimental crystallization of the Beauvoir granite as a model for the evolution of Variscan rare metal magmas

M Pichavant - Journal of Petrology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
New experiments on the strongly peraluminous, Li-, P-and F-rich Beauvoir granite (Massif
Central, France) provide a basis for understanding crystallization and chemical fractionation …

An integrated apatite geochronology and geochemistry tool for sedimentary provenance analysis

GJ O'Sullivan, DM Chew, AC Morton… - Geochemistry …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Sediment provenance studies utilizing detrital geochronology are often limited by source‐
rock non‐uniqueness with respect to mineral age. Thus, the development of integrated …

Rare elements enrichment in crustal peraluminous magmas: insights from partial melting experiments

JAS Michaud, M Pichavant, A Villaros - Contributions to Mineralogy and …, 2021 - Springer
Experiments were conducted to explore the behavior of Li, Rb, Nb, Sn, Cs, Ta, W during
crustal melting and test the anatectic origin of rare metal-bearing peraluminous granites …

Incipient wolframite deposition at Panasqueira (Portugal): W-rich rutile and tourmaline compositions as proxies for the early fluid composition

E Carocci, C Marignac, M Cathelineau… - Economic …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The main event responsible for the deposition of tungsten at Panasqueira was closely
associated with strong tourmalinization of the wall rocks. Tourmaline is coeval with a W-rich …

40 Ma of hydrothermal W mineralization during the Variscan orogenic evolution of the French Massif Central revealed by U-Pb dating of wolframite

M Harlaux, RL Romer, J Mercadier, C Morlot… - Mineralium …, 2018 - Springer
We present U-Pb thermal ionization mass spectrometer (TIMS) ages of wolframite from
several granite-related hydrothermal W±Sn deposits in the French Massif Central (FMC) …

A felsic meta-igneous source for Li-F-rich peraluminous granites: insights from the Variscan Velay dome (French Massif Central) and implications for rare-metal …

C Ballouard, S Couzinié, P Bouilhol, M Harlaux… - … to Mineralogy and …, 2023 - Springer
The Velay anatectic dome in the Variscan French Massif Central exposes a low-pressure–
high-temperature metamorphic sequence, which represents an ideal natural laboratory for …