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 …

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 …

Tracing the closure of oceans with irregular margins and the formation of an orocline are
crucial for understanding plate reconstruction and continental assembly. The eastern …

The early evolution of SW Europe Variscides started by opening of the Rheic ocean at∼ 500
Ma, splitting Avalonia from Armorica/Iberia. Subduction on the SE side of Rheic generated …

U‐Pb (zircon) crystallization ages of 52 late‐Variscan granitoid intrusions from NW Iberia (19
from new data, 33 from previous studies) constrain the lithospheric evolution of this realm of …

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 …

The Paleozoic Variscan orogeny was a large-scale collisional event involving amalgamation
of multiple continents and micro-continents. Existing data, suggests oroclinal buckling of an …

Out of sequence breaching thrusts may give rise to duplication of a former thrust stack in
map view in the same manner that stratigraphic units are repeated by initial thrusts. In this …

Delamination of continental lithosphere in the core of active collisional orogens is a well-
established process; however, evidence for its occurrence in ancient orogenic belts is less …

The appinite suite of rocks offers a unique opportunity to study the effect of water on the
generation, emplacement and crystallization history of mafic to felsic magma. The suite …