Allochthonous terranes involved in the Variscan suture of NW Iberia: A review of their origin and tectonothermal evolution

R Arenas, SS Martínez, RD Fernández, A Gerdes… - Earth-Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
NW Iberia includes a rather complete section of a Variscan suture, where different terranes
with continental or oceanic affinities appear with clear structural relationships. Three groups …

[HTML][HTML] A rootless suture and the loss of the roots of a mountain chain: the Variscan belt of NW Iberia

JRM Catalán, R Arenas, J Abati… - Comptes …, 2009 - comptes-rendus.academie-sciences …
Ophiolites of different Paleozoic ages occur in North-West (NW) Iberia in a rootless suture
representing the remnants of the Rheic Ocean. Associated allochthonous terranes in the …

Terrane wrecks (coupled oroclines) and paleomagnetic inclination anomalies

J Shaw, ST Johnston - Earth-Science Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Three major orogenic belts that are host to coupled oroclines (terrane wrecks) are likewise
characterized by or directly associated with paleomagnetic inclination anomalies:(1) the …

The late Variscan HT/LP metamorphic event in NW and Central Iberia: relationships to crustal thickening, extension, orocline development and crustal evolution

JR Martínez Catalán, FJ Rubio Pascual… - Geological Society …, 2014 - lyellcollection.org
The Variscan metamorphic evolution of the autochthonous domain of NW and Central Iberia
is characterized by a Barrovian gradient followed by a high-temperature–low-pressure …

Correlation of allochthonous terranes and major tectonostratigraphic domains between NW Iberia and the Bohemian Massif, European Variscan belt

JR Martínez Catalán, S Collett, K Schulmann… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The NW Iberian Allochthon and the Teplá-Barrandian and Moldanubian zones
represent the internal parts of the Variscan belt in their respective domains. A correlation …

Evolution of a Cambro-Ordovician active margin in northern Gondwana: Geochemical and zircon geochronological evidence from the Góry Sowie metasedimentary …

AS Tabaud, P Štípská, S Mazur, K Schulmann… - Gondwana …, 2021 - Elsevier
The Góry Sowie Massif (GSM) in Poland represents a Devonian high-pressure–ultrahigh-
pressure (HP–UHP) terrane dominated by paragneiss, with subordinate orthogneiss …

Paleozoic ophiolites in the Variscan suture of Galicia (northwest Spain): Distribution, characteristics, and meaning

R Arenas, JRM Catalán, SS Martínez, FD García… - 2007 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Allochthonous ophiolitic units in the northwestern Iberian Massif are remnants of peri-
Gondwanan Paleozoic oceans sandwiched among other exotic terranes of continental and …

Variscan ophiolites in NW Iberia: Tracking lost Paleozoic oceans and the assembly of Pangea

R Arenas, SS Martínez - Episodes, 2015 - indianjournalofcapitalmarkets.com
Abstract In the Galicia Region of the NW Iberian Massif several allochthonous complexes
(Cabo Ortegal, Órdenes and Malpica-Tui) contain a rootless Variscan suture that can be …

Re-interpreting the Devonian ophiolites involved in the Variscan suture: U–Pb and Lu–Hf zircon data of the Moeche Ophiolite (Cabo Ortegal Complex, NW Iberia)

R Arenas, S Sánchez Martínez, A Gerdes… - International Journal of …, 2014 - Springer
New U–Pb zircon data of a mylonitic greenschist from the Moeche Ophiolite, one of the mafic
units involved in the Variscan suture in the Cabo Ortegal Complex (NW of the Iberian …

Geochemistry and tectonostratigraphy of the basal allochthonous units of SW Iberia (Évora Massif, Portugal): Keys to the reconstruction of pre-Pangean …

RD Fernández, JM Fuenlabrada, M Chichorro… - Lithos, 2017 - Elsevier
The basal allochthonous units of NW and SW Iberia are members of an intra-Gondwana
suture zone that spreads across the Iberian Massif and was formed during the collision of …