Variscan Tectonics of the North Atlantic Region (Geological Society Special Publication 14)

Cover......Page 1
Front matter......Page 2
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Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
MAINLAND EUROPE......Page 12
Variscan events: early Palaeozoic continental rift metamorphism and late Palaeozoic crustal shortening......Page 14
Tectonics of the Variscides in North-Western Germany based on seismic reflection measurements......Page 34
Late events in the tectonic history of the Saxothuringian zone......Page 44
Inverted metamorphic zonation and large-scale thrusting in the
Variscan Belt: an example in the French Massif Central......Page 58
Palaeozoic evolution of the Plateau d'Aigurande (NW Massif
Central, France)......Page 74
Northern margins of the Variscides in the North Atlantic region:
comments on the tectonic context of the proMem......Page 82
BRITAIN......Page 98
An interpretation of the Variscan tectonics of SW Britain......Page 100
Thrust nappe tectonics in the Devonian of south Cornwall and
the western English Channel......Page 114
A structural cross-section through S W Devon......Page 124
Interpretations of seismic and gravity surveys over the eastern
part of the Cornubian platform......Page 130
Thin-skinned tectonics, basement control and the Variscan front......Page 136
The Ribblesdale fold belt, NW England--a Dinantian-early
Namurian dextral shear zone......Page 142
Variscan tectonics of the Alston block, northern England......Page 150
IRELAND......Page 158
Structural variation across the northern margin of the
Variscides in NW Europe......Page 160
Structural style, shortening estimates and the thrust front of the
Irish Variscides......Page 178
Does the Variscan front in Ireland follow a dextral shear zone?......Page 188
Variscan structures in the Upper Palaeozoic rocks of west
central Ireland......Page 196
NORTH AMERICA......Page 207
The Alleghenian orogeny in eastern North America......Page 208
Geophysical evidence for the extension of the Variscan front on
to the Canadian continental margin: geodynamic and
palaeogeographic consequences......Page 230
The deformation and metamorphism of Carboniferous rocks in
Maritime Canada and New England......Page 244
A clockwise rotation of Variscan strain orientation in SE
New England and regional implications......Page 256
Clues to the deep structure of the European Variscides from
crustal seismic profiling in North America......Page 264
Subject Index......Page 276