Reconstructing the Variscan Terranes in the Alpine Basement: Facts and Arguments for an Alpidic Orocline

The existence of pieces of the Variscan belt in the Alpine basement has been acknowledged for a long time but the correlation of these massifs to the litho-tectonic domains established in Western Europa outside the Alpine chain is still disputed. Due to their ubiquitous character, the abundant late...

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Main Authors: Michel Faure, Jacky Ferrière
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-01-01
Series:Geosciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/12/2/65