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

Gondwana Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 756-763

  Arenas, Ricardo ^a   Díez Fernández, Rubén ^a,b   Sánchez Martínez, Sonia ^a   Gerdes, Axel ^c,d   Fernández Suárez, Javier ^a   Albert, Richard ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Allochthonous Variscan terranes; Assembly of Pangea; NW Iberian Massif

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; OPHIOLITE; PANGAEA; PROVENANCE; SUBDUCTION; SUTURE ZONE; TERRANE;

EID: 84891746875     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2013.08.009     Document Type: Article

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