[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 …

Flow of partially molten crust controlling construction, growth and collapse of the Variscan orogenic belt: the geologic record of the French Massif Central

O Vanderhaeghe, O Laurent… - Bulletin de la …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Flow of partially molten crust controlling construction, growth and collapse of the Variscan
orogenic belt: the geologic record of the French Massif CentralImpact du fluage de la croûte …

Exhumation of deep continental crust in a transpressive regime: The example of Variscan eclogites from the Aiguilles‐Rouges massif (Western Alps)

J Vanardois, F Roger, P Trap… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Mafic eclogites are found in many orogens as lenses embedded in quartzofeldspathic
migmatites. These high‐pressure relics are interpreted either as remnants of ancient sutures …

Garnet, zircon, and monazite age and REE signatures in (ultra) high‐temperature and high‐pressure rocks: Examples from the Caledonides and the Pamir

L Tual, MA Smit, E Kooijman… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Rare earth element (REE) signatures of high‐U/Pb and high‐Th/Pb accessory minerals are
typically used to link their ages to specific petrological processes ('petrochronology')—most …

Metamorphic remnants of the Variscan Orogeny across the alps and their tectonic significance

M Roda, MI Spalla, M Filippi, JM Lardeaux, G Rebay… - Geosciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Lithospheric slices preserving pre-Alpine metamorphic imprints are widely described in the
Alps. The Variscan parageneses recorded in continental, oceanic, and mantle rocks suggest …

From burial to exhumation: emplacement and metamorphism of mafic eclogitic terranes constrained through multimethod petrochronology, case study from the …

C Lotout, M Poujol, P Pitra, R Anczkiewicz… - Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Linking mineral growth and time is required to unravel the evolution of metamorphic rocks.
However, dating early metamorphic stages is a challenge due to subsequent retrograde …

Late Variscan (315 Ma) subduction or deceptive zircon REE patterns and U–Pb dates from migmatite‐hosted eclogites?(Montagne Noire, France)

P Pitra, M Poujol, J Van Den Driessche… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Eclogites hosted in sillimanite‐bearing migmatites in the Montagne Noire dome (French
Massif Central) have an oceanic protolith and recorded a prograde P–T path from~ 19.5 …

Tectono-sedimentary evolution of a rift system controlled by Permian post-orogenic extension and metamorphic core complex formation (Bidarray Basin and Ursuya …

N Saspiturry, B Cochelin, P Razin, S Leleu, B Lemirre… - Tectonophysics, 2019 - Elsevier
This study documents the sedimentary and structural response of continental crust in
relatively hot lithosphere that is subjected to extension. We focus on the Permian rift system …

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 …