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 …

Allochthonous terranes involved in the Variscan suture of NW Iberia: A review of their origin and tectonothermal evolution

R Arenas, SS Martínez, RD Fernández, A Gerdes… - Earth-Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
NW Iberia includes a rather complete section of a Variscan suture, where different terranes
with continental or oceanic affinities appear with clear structural relationships. Three groups …

Accretionary history and crustal evolution of the Variscan belt in Western Europe

P Matte - Tectonophysics, 1991 - Elsevier
Abstract The Variscan belt of Western Europe is part of a large intra-Paleozoic belt
extending on both sides of the Atlantic from the Ouachitas in the US and the Mauritanides in …

Geological constraints on the Paleozoic tectonic evolution of tectonostratigraphic terranes in the Iberian Massif

C Quesada - Tectonophysics, 1991 - Elsevier
The presence of oceanic Paleozoic sequences in the Iberian Variscan Fold Belt is used to
identify and separate suspected exotic terranes from a reference Iberian Autochthon Terrane …

Diachronous Variscan tectonothermal activity in the NW Iberian Massif: evidence from 40Ar/39Ar dating of regional fabrics

RD Dallmeyer, JRM Catalán, R Arenas, JIG Ibarguchi… - Tectonophysics, 1997 - Elsevier
Multigrain concentrates of hornblende and muscovite together with whole-rock slate/phyllite
samples have been dated (27 analyses) using 40Ar/39Ar incremental-release methods …

Crustal structure of the transpressional Variscan orogen of SW Iberia: SW Iberia deep seismic reflection profile (IBERSEIS)

JF Simancas, R Carbonell, F González Lodeiro… - …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
IBERSEIS, a 303 km long (20 s) deep seismic reflection profile, was acquired across the
Variscan belt in SW Iberian Peninsula. The acquisition parameters were designed to obtain …

Geodynamic setting and geochemical signatures of Cambrian–Ordovician rift-related igneous rocks (Ossa-Morena Zone, SW Iberia)

T Sánchez-Garcıa, F Bellido, C Quesada - Tectonophysics, 2003 - Elsevier
An important rifting event, accompanied by massive igneous activity, is recorded in the Ossa-
Morena Zone of the SW Iberian Massif (European Variscan Orogen). It likely culminated in …

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 …

Variscan exhumation of a subducted Paleozoic continental margin: the basal units of the Ordenes Complex, Galicia, NW Spain

JR Martínez Catalán, R Arenas, F Díaz García… - …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
A structural and metamorphic study was carried out in the basal units of the Ordenes
Complex in Spain, thought to represent a subducted part of the Paleozoic margin of …

Two-stage collision: exploring the birth of Pangea in the Variscan terranes

R Arenas, RD Fernández, SS Martínez, A Gerdes… - Gondwana …, 2014 - Elsevier
The Variscan suture exposed in NW Iberia contains a stack of terranes including two
allochthonous units with continental affinity and Gondwanan provenance (Upper and Basal …