Abstract The Late Palaeozoic–Early Mesozoic Tethyan development of the Eastern Mediterranean region remains debatable, especially in Turkey, where alternative northward and southward subduction hypotheses are proposed. Relevant to this debate, new whole-rock geochemical data provided here for early Carboniferous (Late Tournaisian-Late Visean; c. 340–350 Ma) tuffaceous sedimentary rocks within Ç...

The western margin of Gondwana records evidence mid-Carboniferous glaciation (Visean- Bashkirian) in the strata Paganzo Basin and adjacent areas. Previous studies focused on constraining orientations ice flow generalizing extent occurrence glacial basin. However, there is uncertainty occurs concerning location locations centers during deposition Guandacol Formation located portion time correlat...

F. G o n z á l e z e t a l . G e o l o g i c a A c t a , 1 3 ( 4 ) , 3 4 5 3 6 1 ( 2 0 1 5 ) D O I : 1 0 . 1 3 4 4 / G e o l o g i c a A c t a 2 0 1 5 . 1 3 . 4 . 7 Upper Frasnian palynomorphs from the Catalan Coastal Chain 346 defined as Les Vilelles unit in the Priorat Massif (Sáez, 1982), is confusing. On the basis of the palynological content of two closely collected shale samples, Colodrón...

Abstract The Iberian Pyrite Belt is a world-class metallogenic district developed at the Devonian-Carboniferous boundary Variscides that currently has seven active mines: Neves Corvo (Cu-Zn-Sn) and Aljustrel (Cu-Zn) in Portugal, Riotinto (Cu), Las Cruces Aguas Teñidas (Cu-Zn-Pb), Sotiel-Coronada La Magdalena (Cu-Zn-Pb) Spain. massive sulfide ores are usually hosted lower sections of volcano-sed...

A combined study of trace elements, carbon and oxygen isotopes was carried out for Carboniferous marine limestones from the Lower Yangtze platform in South China. The results provide insights into the influence of terrigenous input to Paleotethyan seawater, from which pure and impure carbonates precipitated. In terms of the correlations between the concentrations of elements with different prop...

The Massif Central, like the southern part of the Massif Armoricain, belongs to the North Gondwana margin. The Massif Central consists of a stack of nappes resulting of six main tectonicmetamorphic events. The first one, D0, is coeval with an Early Late Silurian (ca 415 Ma) highpressure (or ultra high-pressure) metamorphism for which the associated structures are poorly documented. The Early De...