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 …
Geodynamic evolution of the SW Europe Variscides
The early evolution of SW Europe Variscides started by opening of the Rheic ocean at∼ 500
Ma, splitting Avalonia from Armorica/Iberia. Subduction on the SE side of Rheic generated …
Ma, splitting Avalonia from Armorica/Iberia. Subduction on the SE side of Rheic generated …
Palaeogeography and crustal evolution of the Ossa–Morena Zone, southwest Iberia, and the North Gondwana margin during the Cambro-Ordovician: a review of …
Cambro-Ordovician palaeogeography and fragmentation of the North Gondwana margin is
still not very well understood. Here we address this question using isotopic data to consider …
still not very well understood. Here we address this question using isotopic data to consider …
The Late Devonian Variscan suture of the Iberian Massif: A correlation of high-pressure belts in NW and SW Iberia
RD Fernández, R Arenas - Tectonophysics, 2015 - Elsevier
Correlation of three high-P and low to intermediate-T belts from NW and SW Iberia allows
recognition of a single terrane affected by Late Devonian continental subduction during the …
recognition of a single terrane affected by Late Devonian continental subduction during the …
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 …
Portuguese Zone (SPZ) in SW Iberia and the Sehoul Block in northwest Morocco are …
Rheic Ocean ophiolitic remnants in southern Iberia questioned by SHRIMP U‐Pb zircon ages on the Beja‐Acebuches amphibolites
The Rheic Ocean was a major oceanic domain between Avalonia and Gondwana in
Ordovician‐Silurian times. Most of the Paleozoic plate reconstructions assume that the …
Ordovician‐Silurian times. Most of the Paleozoic plate reconstructions assume that the …
Variscan ophiolite belts in the Ossa-Morena Zone (Southwest Iberia): Geological characterization and geodynamic significance
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 …
a suture recording the closure of Rheic and related oceans through NNE-directed …
[HTML][HTML] Tectonic relationships of Southwest Iberia with the allochthons of Northwest Iberia and the Moroccan Variscides
JF Simancas, A Azor, D Martínez-Poyatos… - Comptes Rendus …, 2009 - Elsevier
The Iberian Massif poses a problem of relationships between its northwestern and southern
parts. Suture terranes (ophiolites and high-pressure rocks) crop out in NW Iberia but only as …
parts. Suture terranes (ophiolites and high-pressure rocks) crop out in NW Iberia but only as …
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 …
Variscan intra-orogenic extensional tectonics in the Ossa-Morena Zone (Évora-Aracena-Lora del Rı́o metamorphic belt, SW Iberian Massif): SHRIMP zircon U-Th-Pb …
Abstract Following a Middle–Late Devonian (c. 390–360 Ma) phase of crustal shortening
and mountain building, continental extension and onset of high-medium-grade metamorphic …
and mountain building, continental extension and onset of high-medium-grade metamorphic …