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 …

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 …

Geodynamic evolution of the SW Europe Variscides

A Ribeiro, J Munhá, R Dias, A Mateus, E Pereira… - …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

The variscan belt

A Michard, C Hœpffner, A Soulaimani… - Continental evolution: The …, 2008 - Springer
This chapter is a tribute to Jacques Destombes and Solange Willefert, and to the memory of
Henri Hollard, whose names are associated to the deciphering of the Paleozoic stratigraphy …

New GPS constraints on active deformation along the Africa–Iberia plate boundary

A Koulali, D Ouazar, A Tahayt, RW King… - Earth and Planetary …, 2011 - Elsevier
We use velocities from 65 continuous stations and 31 survey-mode GPS sites as well as
kinematic modeling to investigate present day deformation along the Africa–Iberia plate …

Lithospheric structure under the western African‐European plate boundary: A transect across the Atlas Mountains and the Gulf of Cadiz

H Zeyen, P Ayarza, M Fernàndez, A Rimi - Tectonics, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
We present a two‐dimensional lithospheric thermal and density model along a transect
running from the southwestern Iberian Peninsula to the northwestern Sahara. The main goal …

The structure and evolution of the lithosphere–asthenosphere boundary beneath the Atlantic–Mediterranean Transition Region

J Fullea, M Fernàndez, JC Afonso, J Vergés, H Zeyen - Lithos, 2010 - Elsevier
The present-day thermal and compositional 3D structure of the lithosphere beneath the
Atlantic–Mediterranean Transition Region and the lithosphere–asthenosphere interaction …

The tectonic frame of the Variscan–Alleghanian orogen in Southern Europe and Northern Africa

JF Simancas, A Tahiri, A Azor, FG Lodeiro… - Tectonophysics, 2005 - Elsevier
By confronting different geological and geophysical data, we attempt to reconstruct the
Variscan–Alleghanian orogenic belt, with especial emphasis on the links between Iberia …

U–Pb geochronology of Variscan granitoids from the Moroccan Meseta (Northwest Africa): tectonic implications

F Chopin, R Leprêtre, M El Houicha, AS Tabaud… - Gondwana …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper present new U–Pb geochronological data (LA-ICP MS on zircon) of granitoids
from the Moroccan Meseta Variscan belt. Zircons from the Oulad Ouaslam granodiorite in …

Finite‐frequency Rayleigh wave tomography of the western Mediterranean: Mapping its lithospheric structure

I Palomeras, S Thurner, A Levander… - Geochemistry …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
We present a 3‐D shear wave velocity model for the crust and upper mantle of the western
Mediterranean from Rayleigh wave tomography. We analyzed the fundamental mode in the …