The formation of Pangea

GM Stampfli, C Hochard, C Vérard, C Wilhem - Tectonophysics, 2013 - Elsevier
The making of Pangea is the result of large-scale amalgamation of continents and micro-
continents, which started at the end of the Neoproterozoic with the formation of Gondwana …

[HTML][HTML] The Mid-Variscan Allochthon: Keys from correlation, partial retrodeformation and plate-tectonic reconstruction to unlock the geometry of a non-cylindrical belt

JRM Catalan, K Schulmann, JF Ghienne - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
The non-cylindrical character of the Variscan Belt is established via a description of its most
salient geological characteristics and correlations among the main and relatively minor …

Gondwanan basement terranes of the Variscan–Appalachian orogen: Baltican, Saharan and West African hafnium isotopic fingerprints in Avalonia, Iberia and the …

BJ Henderson, WJ Collins, JB Murphy… - Tectonophysics, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Iberia, Avalonia and the “Armorican” terranes form key constituents of the Variscan–
Appalachian orogen, but their Neoproterozoic origins along the northern Gondwanan …

Correlation of the nappe stack in the Ibero-Armorican arc across the Bay of Biscay: a joint French–Spanish project

M Ballèvre, JR Martínez Catalán… - Geological Society …, 2014 - lyellcollection.org
A correlation between allochthonous units exposed in the NW Iberian Massif and the
southern Armorican Massif is carried out based on lithological associations, structural …

Tectonic evolution of Variscan Iberia: gondwana–Laurussia collision revisited

RD Fernández, R Arenas, MF Pereira… - Earth-Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
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 …

U–Pb ages of detrital zircons from the Basal allochthonous units of NW Iberia: Provenance and paleoposition on the northern margin of Gondwana during the …

RD Fernández, JRM Catalán, A Gerdes, J Abati… - Gondwana …, 2010 - Elsevier
LA-ICP-MS U–Pb ages of detrital zircons from eight siliciclastic samples from the Basal units
of the Variscan allochthonous complexes of NW Iberia are used to establish the maximum …

Two-stage collision: exploring the birth of Pangea in the Variscan terranes

R Arenas, RD Fernández, SS Martínez, A Gerdes… - Gondwana …, 2014 - Elsevier
The Variscan suture exposed in NW Iberia contains a stack of terranes including two
allochthonous units with continental affinity and Gondwanan provenance (Upper and Basal …

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 …

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 …

Age constraints on Lower Paleozoic convection system: magmatic events in the NW Iberian Gondwana margin

RD Fernández, P Castiñeiras, JG Barreiro - Gondwana Research, 2012 - Elsevier
The basal units of the allochthonous complexes of NW Iberia are used to examine the Lower
Paleozoic geodynamic evolution of the northern Gondwana margin. These units represent …