[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 …

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 …

From a bipartite Gondwanan shelf to an arcuate Variscan belt: The early Paleozoic evolution of northern Peri-Gondwana

T Stephan, UWE Kroner, RL Romer, D Rösel - Earth-Science Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Late Paleozoic Variscan Orogen of Europe and North Africa comprises
reworked Neoproterozoic to Early Paleozoic crust of the northern Gondwanan shelf that …

[HTML][HTML] Microstructures, geochemistry, and geochronology of mica fish: Review and advances

BV Ribeiro, CL Kirkland, MA Finch, FM Faleiros… - Journal of structural …, 2023 - Elsevier
Shear zones are one of the most conspicuous structures in orogenic and rifting settings,
accommodating high strain, rock displacement and influencing magma emplacement and …

Late Paleozoic closure of the Ob-Zaisan Ocean along the Irtysh shear zone (NW China): Implications for arc amalgamation and oroclinal bending in the Central Asian …

P Li, M Sun, G Rosenbaum, F Jourdan, S Li… - …, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The largest accretionary orogen in the world, the Central Asian orogenic belt, has evolved
through the assembly of various oceanic and continental blocks. Understanding the …

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 …

Time-strain evolution of shear zones from petrographically constrained Rb–Sr muscovite analysis

BV Ribeiro, CL Kirkland, DE Kelsey, SM Reddy… - Earth and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Some isotopic ratios in minerals like monazite, apatite, and mica can record the thermal
response to mylonitization, but such systems may fail to track the time of low-to medium …

[HTML][HTML] Li-rich pegmatites and related peraluminous granites of the Fregeneda-Almendra field (Spain-Portugal): a case study of magmatic signature for Li enrichment

E Roda-Robles, R Vieira, A Lima, J Errandonea-Martin… - Lithos, 2023 - Elsevier
Based on field and petrographic observations, mineralogical, geochemical (whole-rock by
ICP-MS, ICP-OES, ISE and PGNAA) and geochronological (Arsingle bondAr on mica and …

Remote sensing for mineral exploration in central Portugal

R Manuel, MG Brito, M Chichorro, C Rosa - Minerals, 2017 - mdpi.com
Central Portugal is well known for the existence of Sn-W and Au-Ag mineral occurrences
primarily associated with hydrothermal processes. Despite the economic and strategic …

Extensional orogenic collapse captured by strike-slip tectonics: Constraints from structural geology and UPb geochronology of the Pinhel shear zone (Variscan orogen …

RD Fernández, MF Pereira - Tectonophysics, 2016 - Elsevier
The late Paleozoic collision between Gondwana and Laurussia resulted in the polyphase
deformation and magmatism that characterizes the Iberian Massif of the Variscan orogen. In …