Geological evidence, supported by biogeographical data and in accord with
palaeomagnetic constraints, indicates that “one ocean” models for the Variscides should be …

The mid-European segment of the Variscides is a tectonic collage consisting of (from north
to south): Avalonia, a Silurian-early Devonian magmatic arc, members of the Armorican …

Abstract The Variscan Bohemian Massif reveals evidence for two oceans. The Saxo-
Thuringian basin separated the microcontinents Franconia-Thuringia (N-Armorica) and …

The European Variscan and Alpine mountain chains are collisional orogens, and are built
up of pre-Variscan “building blocks” which, in most cases, originated at the Gondwana …

New plate-tectonic reconstructions of the Gondwana margin suggest that the location of
Gondwana-derived terranes should not only be guided by the models, but should also …

Multidisciplinary studies of geotransects across the North European Plain and Southern
North Sea, and geological reexamination of the Variscides of the North Bohemian Massif …

In tectonic maps of Variscan Europe, allochthonous pieces of Cadomian basement clearly
stand out with their predominant metabasic to ultrabasic elements, the so-called exotic …

Multidisciplinary studies undertaken within the EU-funded PACE Network have permitted a
new 3-D reassessment of the relationships between the principal crustal blocks abutting …

The Variscan basement of the Central Iberian Zone contains abundant Cambro-Ordovician
calc-alkaline to peraluminous metagranites and metavolcanic rocks with two notable …

In an attempt to elucidate the pre-Variscan evolution history of the various geological units in
the Austrian part of the Bohemian Massif, we have analysed zircons from 12 rocks (mainly …