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 …

The Rheic Ocean, which separated Laurussia from Gondwana following the closure of
Iapetus, is arguably the most important ocean of the Palaeozoic. Its suture extends from …

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 …

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 …

Multigrain concentrates of hornblende and muscovite together with whole-rock slate/phyllite
samples have been dated (27 analyses) using 40Ar/39Ar incremental-release methods …

Ophiolites of different Paleozoic ages occur in North-West (NW) Iberia in a rootless suture
representing the remnants of the Rheic Ocean. Associated allochthonous terranes in the …

Recent advances in geochemical studies of igneous rocks, isotopic age data for magmatism
and metamorphism, quantitative pressure-temperature (PT) estimates of metamorphic …

Remote sensing has proved to be a powerful resource in geology capable of delineating
target exploration areas for several deposit types. Only recently, these methodologies have …

A correlation between allochthonous units exposed in the NW Iberian Massif and the
southern Armorican Massif is carried out based on lithological associations, structural …

Map** hydrothermal alteration minerals and structural lineaments using Landsat 8
multispectral imagery provides valuable information for mineral exploration. In northern …