The Variscan Orogeny: Extent, Timescale and the Formation of the European Crust: 405 (Geological Society of London Special Publications)

edited by K. Schulmann, J.R. Martínez Catalán, J.M. Lardeaux, V. Janou ek and G. Oggiano

ISBN 10: 1862396582 / ISBN 13: 9781862396586

Published by London : Geological Society, 2014

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vi, 406 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 26 cm. This volume summarizes the state of the art of Variscan geology from Iberia to the Bohemian Massif. The European Variscan belt consists of two orogens: the older, northern and the younger, southern. The northern Variscan realm was dominated by Late Devonian-Carboniferous rifting, subduction and collisional events as defined by sedimentary records, crustal growth, recycling of continental crust and large-scale deformations. In contrast, the southern European crust was reworked by major Late Carboniferous collision followed by Permian wrenching. The Late Carboniferous-Permian orogeny overprinted the previously accreted system in the north, but with much lower intensity, resulting in magmatic recycling and extensional tectonics. These two main orogenic cycles do not reflect episodic evolution of a single orogenic system but a complete change in orientation of stress field, thermal regime, degree of reworking and recycling of European crust, reflecting a major switch in plate configurations at the Early-Late Carboniferous boundary.

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• Title: The Variscan Orogeny: Extent, Timescale and the Formation of the European Crust: 405 (Geological Society of London Special Publications)
• Publisher: London : Geological Society
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1862396582
• ISBN 13: 9781862396586
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New
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This volume summarizes the state of the art of Variscan geology from Iberia to the Bohemian Massif. The European Variscan belt consists of two orogens: the older, northern and the younger, southern. The northern Variscan realm was dominated by Late DevonianCarboniferous rifting, subduction and collisional events as defined by sedimentary records, crustal growth, recycling of continental crust and large-scale deformations. In contrast, the southern European crust was reworked by major Late Carboniferous collision followed by Permian wrenching. The Late CarboniferousPermian orogeny overprinted the previously accreted system in the north, but with much lower intensity, resulting in magmatic recycling and extensional tectonics. These two main orogenic cycles do not reflect episodic evolution of a single orogenic system but a complete change in orientation of stress field, thermal regime, degree of reworking and recycling of European crust, reflecting a major switch in plate configurations at the EarlyLate Carboniferous boundary.

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