Variscan Evolution of the Bohemian Massif (Central Europe): fiction, facts and problems

W Franke, A Żelaźniewicz - Gondwana Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Variscan Bohemian Massif reveals evidence for two oceans. The Saxo-
Thuringian basin separated the microcontinents Franconia-Thuringia (N-Armorica) and …

Transpressive deformation in the southern european variscan belt: new insights from the aiguilles rouges massif (Western Alps)

M Simonetti, R Carosi, C Montomoli, JM Cottle… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the Mediterranean sector of the Variscan Belt being fragmented and reworked
during Alpine orogenesis, evidence for the activity of a right‐lateral strike‐slip shear zone …

Kinematics and timing constraints in a transpressive tectonic regime: The example of the Posada-Asinara Shear Zone (NE Sardinia, Italy)

R Carosi, A Petroccia, S Iaccarino, M Simonetti… - Geosciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Detailed geological field mapping, integrated with meso-and microstructural investigations,
kinematic of the flow and finite strain analyses, combined with geochronology, are …

Deformation, crustal melting and magmatism in the crustal-scale East-Variscan shear zone (Aiguilles-Rouges and Mont-Blanc massifs, Western Alps)

J Vanardois, P Trap, F Roger, J Melleton… - Journal of Structural …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Aiguilles-Rouges and Mont-Blanc massifs represent a segment of a crustal-
scale transpressional shear zone named the East Variscan Shear Zone (EVSZ) along which …

Late Palaeozoic tectonics in Central Mediterranean: a reappraisal

G Molli, A Brogi, A Caggianelli, E Capezzuoli… - Swiss Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
A revision of late Palaeozoic tectonics recorded in Tuscany, Calabria and Corsica is here
presented. We propose that, in Tuscany, upper Carboniferous-Permian shallow-marine to …

Constraining the timing of evolution of shear zones in two collisional orogens: fusing structural geology and geochronology

R Carosi, C Montomoli, S Iaccarino, B Benetti… - Geosciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
In recent decades, constraining the timing of shear activity has been one of the main topics
of research about the tectono-metamorphic evolution of orogenic belts. We present a review …

Three‐dimensional vorticity and time‐constrained evolution of the Main Central Thrust zone, Garhwal Himalaya (NW India)

C Montemagni, R Carosi, N Fusi, S Iaccarino… - Terra …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Vorticity estimates based on porphyroclasts analysis are limited by the extrapolation to three
dimensions of two‐dimensional data. We describe a 3D approach based on the use of X‐ray …

Timing and kinematics of flow in a transpressive dextral shear zone, Maures Massif (Southern France)

M Simonetti, R Carosi, C Montomoli, M Corsini… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The Maures–Tanneron Massif and the Corsica–Sardinia Block are two segments of
the southern European Variscan belt that separated during the Late Oligocene–Miocene …

Unravelling the development of regional-scale shear zones by a multidisciplinary approach: The case study of the Ferrière-Mollières Shear Zone (Argentera Massif …

M Simonetti, R Carosi, C Montomoli, RD Law… - Journal of Structural …, 2021 - Elsevier
Shear zone behavior is mainly controlled by deformation regime (brittle versus ductile),
deformation temperature, strain rate and magnitude, and rheology of the deformed rocks. If a …

HT overprint of HP granulites in the Oisans–Pelvoux Massif: Implications for the dynamics of the Variscan collision in the external Western Alps

JB Jacob, E Janots, S Guillot, D Rubatto, K Fréville… - Lithos, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Oisans–Pelvoux massif belongs to the Paleozoic basement of the External
western Alps and records high temperature (HT) metamorphism associated with intense …