Tectonic evolution and global crustal architecture of the European Variscan belt constrained by geophysical data

K Schulmann, JB Edel, JRM Catalán, S Mazur… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The European Variscan belt is a unique orogen that is covered by comprehensive
sets of seismic and potential field data from the Iberian Peninsula in the west to the Polish …

Kinematic constraints on buckling a lithospheric-scale orocline along the northern margin of Gondwana: A geologic synthesis

AB Weil, G Gutiérrez-Alonso, ST Johnston… - Tectonophysics, 2013 - Elsevier
The Paleozoic Variscan orogeny was a large-scale collisional event involving amalgamation
of multiple continents and micro-continents. Existing data, suggests oroclinal buckling of an …

The Cadomian Orogeny and the opening of the Rheic Ocean: the diacrony of geotectonic processes constrained by LA-ICP-MS U–Pb zircon dating (Ossa-Morena and …

U Linnemann, F Pereira, TE Jeffries, K Drost, A Gerdes - Tectonophysics, 2008 - Elsevier
Cadomian orogenic processes and their continuum to the opening of the Rheic Ocean were
modeled by making use of new LA-ICP-MS U–Pb ages from detrital zircons of sedimentary …

Geodynamic evolution of the SW Europe Variscides

A Ribeiro, J Munhá, R Dias, A Mateus, E Pereira… - …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Geological constraints on the Paleozoic tectonic evolution of tectonostratigraphic terranes in the Iberian Massif

C Quesada - Tectonophysics, 1991 - Elsevier
The presence of oceanic Paleozoic sequences in the Iberian Variscan Fold Belt is used to
identify and separate suspected exotic terranes from a reference Iberian Autochthon Terrane …

The geology of Spain

W Gibbons, T Moreno - 2002 - books.google.com
The Society makes every effort to ensure that the scientific and production quality of its
books matches that of its journals. Since 1997, all book proposals have been refereed by …

The Ibero-Armorican Arc: a collision effect against an irregular continent?

R Dias, A Ribeiro - Tectonophysics, 1995 - Elsevier
The Ibero-Armorican Arc is the main Variscan macrostructure in western Europe. Although it
was recognized in the 1920s, its genesis is still debatable and the proposed models for its …

The Ediacaran–Early Cambrian detrital zircon record of NW Iberia: possible sources and paleogeographic constraints

J Fernández-Suárez, G Gutiérrez-Alonso… - International Journal of …, 2014 - Springer
Abstract Ediacaran and Early Cambrian sedimentary rocks from NW Iberia have been
investigated for detrital zircon U–Pb ages. A total of 1,161 concordant U–Pb ages were …

The Ordovician of Scandinavia: a revised regional stage classification

AT Nielsen, P Ahlberg, JOR Ebbestad… - Geological Society …, 2023 - lyellcollection.org
Abstract The Ordovician of Scandinavia (ie Denmark, Norway and Sweden) has been
investigated for over two centuries and, through time, various chronostratigraphic schemes …

The tectonic frame of the Variscan–Alleghanian orogen in Southern Europe and Northern Africa

JF Simancas, A Tahiri, A Azor, FG Lodeiro… - Tectonophysics, 2005 - Elsevier
By confronting different geological and geophysical data, we attempt to reconstruct the
Variscan–Alleghanian orogenic belt, with especial emphasis on the links between Iberia …