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 …

Although the exhumation of high pressure (HP) and ultrahigh pressure (UHP) rocks is an
integral process in subduction, it is a transient process, likely taking place during the …

Earth's continental crust is dominantly made of buoyant, felsic igneous material (granitoids),
that was ultimately extracted from the mantle as a result of Earth's differentiation. Since felsic …

In general, Archean rocks exhibit rather ordinary moderate-P-high-T facies series
metamorphism; neither blueschists nor any record of deep continental subduction and return …

High‐pressure granulites are characterised by the key associations garnet‐clinopyroxene‐
plagioclase‐quartz (in basic rocks) and kyanite‐K‐feldspar (metapelites and felsic rocks) …

Continental crust (density~ 2.8 g· cm-3) resists subduction into the earth's mantle (~ 3.3 g·
cm-3) because of buoyancy. However, more than 20 recognized ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) …

The late stages of the Variscan orogeny are characterized by middle to lower crustal melting
and intrusion of voluminous granitoids throughout the belt, which makes it akin to “hot” …

In order to portray the main differences and similarities between the Northeastern Variscan
segments (French Massif Central (FMC), Vosges, Black Forest and Bohemian Massif (BM)) …

Garnet‐bearing peridotite lenses are minor but significant components of most metamorphic
terranes characterized by high‐temperature eclogite facies assemblages. Most peridotite …

This paper presents the first documentation of coesite-bearing eclogites in the eastern
French Massif Central (Monts du Lyonnais unit) and discusses the exhumation processes for …