The palaeozoic variscan oceans revisited

W Franke, LRM Cocks, TH Torsvik - Gondwana research, 2017 - Elsevier
Geological evidence, supported by biogeographical data and in accord with
palaeomagnetic constraints, indicates that “one ocean” models for the Variscides should be …

[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 …

Evolution of the Rheic ocean

RD Nance, G Gutiérrez-Alonso, JD Keppie… - Gondwana …, 2010 - Elsevier
The Rheic Ocean, which separated Laurussia from Gondwana following the closure of
Iapetus, is arguably the most important ocean of the Palaeozoic. Its suture extends from …

[HTML][HTML] Palaeozoic history of the Armorican Massif: models for the tectonic evolution of the suture zones

M Ballèvre, V Bosse, C Ducassou, P Pitra - Comptes rendus géoscience, 2009 - Elsevier
The Armorican Massif (western France) provides an excellent record of the Palaeozoic
history of the Variscan belt. Following the Late Neoproterozoic Cadomian orogeny, the …

[HTML][HTML] Fractionation of Li, Be, Ga, Nb, Ta, In, Sn, Sb, W and Bi in the peraluminous early permian Variscan granites of the Cornubian Batholith: Precursor processes …

B Simons, JCØ Andersen, RK Shail, FE Jenner - Lithos, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Early Permian Variscan Cornubian Batholith is a peraluminous, composite
pluton intruded into Devonian and Carboniferous metamorphosed sedimentary and volcanic …

The moldanubian zone in the French Massif Central, Vosges/Schwarzwald and Bohemian Massif revisited: differences and similarities

JM Lardeaux, K Schulmann, M Faure… - Geological Society …, 2014 - lyellcollection.org
In order to portray the main differences and similarities between the Northeastern Variscan
segments (French Massif Central (FMC), Vosges, Black Forest and Bohemian Massif (BM)) …

Cyclic changes in Pennsylvanian paleoclimate and effects on floristic dynamics in tropical Pangaea

WA DiMichele, CB Cecil, IP Montañez… - International Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
Wetland floras narrowly define perceptions of Pennsylvanian tropical ecosystems, the so-
called Coal Age. Such wetlands reflect humid to perhumid climate, leading to …

[HTML][HTML] Geothermal exploration and reservoir modelling of the United Downs deep geothermal project, Cornwall (UK)

J Reinecker, J Gutmanis, A Foxford, L Cotton, C Dalby… - Geothermics, 2021 - Elsevier
Two deep geothermal wells, one of which is the deepest onshore UK well, have been
successfully drilled to intersect the Porthtowan Fault zone in the early Permian high heat …

Lithofacies discrimination of the Ordovician unconventional gas-bearing tight sandstone reservoirs using a subtractive fuzzy clustering algorithm applied on the well …

A Cherana, L Aliouane, MZ Doghmane… - Journal of African Earth …, 2022 - Elsevier
The main objective of this paper is to prove the capability of the fuzzy clustering algorithm for
discriminating between lithofacies that are derived from the borehole log data of Ordovician …

Negative structural inversion: An overview

G Tari, C Connors, J Flinch, J Granath, P Pace… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2023 - Elsevier
The same sense movement on any given fault plane occurs much more frequently
compared to the cases when the sense reverses. Therefore, positive or negative structural …