Correlation of the Rhenohercynian Variscides
- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- Published by Geological Society of London in Journal of the Geological Society
- Vol. 143 (1) , 141-147
- https://doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.143.1.0141
Abstract
Recent structural and stratigraphical data from the Rhenohercynian Variscides of Belgium, Germany and South Cornwall indicate tectonic continuity within this zone prior to disruption along a late Carboniferous dextral transcurrent fault. This extends from the Bristol Channel to the Vosges, parallel to similar lineaments of Variscan age in Europe and North America. Consequently, a tectonic model for south Cornwall is extrapolated to Europe and a plate tectonic setting for the evolution of the north European Variscides by the closure of an oceanic basin is discussed.This publication has 42 references indexed in Scilit:
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