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 …
Magmatism and early-Variscan continental subduction in the northern Gondwana margin recorded in zircons from the basal units of Galicia, NW Spain
In situ uranium-lead dating (LA-SF-ICP-MS and SIMS) and Lu-Hf isotope analyses (LA-MC-
ICP-MS) of zircon from eclogite facies rocks from the basal units of the Variscan Belt in …
ICP-MS) of zircon from eclogite facies rocks from the basal units of the Variscan Belt in …
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 …
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 …
Carboniferous granites on the northern margin of Gondwana, Anatolide-Tauride Block, Turkey–Evidence for southward subduction of Paleotethys
Carboniferous metagranites with U-Pb zircon crystallization ages of 331–315 Ma crop out in
the Afyon zone in the northern margin of the Anatolide-Tauride Block, which is commonly …
the Afyon zone in the northern margin of the Anatolide-Tauride Block, which is commonly …
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 …
The ca. 350 Ma Beja Igneous Complex: A record of transcurrent slab break-off in the Southern Iberia Variscan Belt?
We report the results of an isotopic study of the large gabbro-dioritic Beja Igneous Complex
(BIC) in the boundary between the highly contrasting Ossa–Morena (OM) and South …
(BIC) in the boundary between the highly contrasting Ossa–Morena (OM) and South …