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Are the oroclines of the Variscan belt related to late Variscan strike‐slip tectonics?
Author(s) -
Martínez Catalán José R.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
terra nova
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.353
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1365-3121
pISSN - 0954-4879
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2011.01005.x
Subject(s) - geology , terrane , sinistral and dextral , subduction , seismology , strike slip tectonics , fibrous joint , tectonics , paleontology , plate tectonics , shear (geology) , transform fault , ophiolite , fault (geology) , medicine , anatomy
Terra Nova, 23, 241–247, 2011 Abstract Early Variscan structures and magnetic anomalies delineate four oroclines along the Variscan belt. The arcs bend the lithostratigraphic zones of the autochthon and the allochthonous terranes, which include ophiolites of the Rheic suture and units of Gondwanan derivation subducted on both sides of the Rheic Ocean. A transcurrent model dominated by right‐lateral motion explains the genesis and evolution of the oroclines and a simple plate‐tectonics scenario links late Variscan dextral strike‐slip movements in the Variscides to a broad intracontinental shear zone, kinematically equivalent to a transform fault. Terra Nova, 00, 1–7, 2011