Avalonia, get bent! – Paleomagnetism from SW Iberia confirms the Greater Cantabrian Orocline

The amalgamation of Pangea formed the contorted Variscan-Alleghanian orogen, suturing Gondwana and Laurussia during the Carboniferous. From all swirls of this orogen, a double curve in Iberia stands out, the coupled Cantabrian Orocline and Central Iberian curve. The Cantabrian Orocline formed at ca....

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Main Authors: Bruno Daniel Leite Mendes, Daniel Pastor-Galán, Mark J. Dekkers, Wout Krijgsman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-03-01
Series:Geoscience Frontiers
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S167498712030178X