The Variscides of Europe and N-Africa are the result of the convergence of the plates of
Gondwana and Laurussia in the Paleozoic. This orogen is characterized by the juxtaposition …

Water plays a critical role in erosion and sediment transport and this relationship is most
evident in the hyperarid Atacama Desert of Northern Chile, a region characterized by …

Combining Lu–Hf garnet geochronology with in situ trace element analyses in garnet
allowed us to gain new insight into the metamorphic evolution of UHP–UHT rocks in the …

Abstract The Variscan Bohemian Massif reveals evidence for two oceans. The Saxo-
Thuringian basin separated the microcontinents Franconia-Thuringia (N-Armorica) and …

Four detrital zircon concentrates from the metasediments and metavolcanics of the Central
Sudetes, Bohemian Massif, have been dated using SHRIMP II. The Wyszki paragneiss …

Eleven monazite grains, two from a migmatitic gneiss and nine from two felsic granulites
from the Góry Sowie Block (SW Poland) were studied with transmission electron microscopy …

U–Pb SHRIMP ages obtained in zircons from the Sotosalbos and Toledo anatectic
complexes in Central Spain give new constraints to the evolution of the inner part of the …

Abstract The central European Bohemian Massif has undergone over two centuries of
scientific investigation which has made it a pivotal area for the development and testing of …

The high-temperature and high-pressure granulites in the internal zone of the Variscan belt
are witnesses of deep crustal processes and subsequent exhumation of deeper lithospheric …

Three distinct S-type peraluminous granitoid types have been identified within the Variscan
Montes de Toledo batholith, located in the Central Iberian Zone (SW European Variscides) …