This paper provides a review of the evolution of palaeomagnetic directions and sequence of
tectonic events in the European Variscan belt during Late Palaeozoic times. These data are …

In this paper we review and discuss, in a synthetic historical way, the main results obtained
on Variscan metamorphism in the French Massif Central. First, we describe the pre-orogenic …

Flow of partially molten crust controlling construction, growth and collapse of the Variscan
orogenic belt: the geologic record of the French Massif CentralImpact du fluage de la croûte …

Abstract The Ordovician of Scandinavia (ie Denmark, Norway and Sweden) has been
investigated for over two centuries and, through time, various chronostratigraphic schemes …

In hot orogens, gneiss domes are a response to upper crustal stretching and lower crustal
flow. Two-dimensional thermal-mechanical modeling shows that localization of extension in …

Migmatite domes are common in metamorphic core complexes. Dome migmatites deform in
the partially molten or magmatic state and commonly record complex form surfaces, folds …

Mafic eclogites are found in many orogens as lenses embedded in quartzofeldspathic
migmatites. These high‐pressure relics are interpreted either as remnants of ancient sutures …

Abstract The North Himalayan Gneiss Domes consist of a series of isolated domes cored by
leucogranite and/or gneiss body. The Ramba dome core comprises gneiss and two-mica …

The Tengchong terrane comprises a sequence of linear dome-like zones, cored by granite
and migmatitic layers. These cores are mantled by predominantly gneiss and subordinate …

In many orogens, high-pressure (HP) metamorphic rocks such as eclogite occur as lenses in
quartzofeldspathic gneiss that equilibrated at much lower pressures. The pressure …