Post-Variscan (end Carboniferous-Early Permian) basin evolution in Western and 
Central Europe

McCann, T.; Pascal, C.; Timmermann, M. J.; Krzywiec, P.; Lopez-Gomez, J.; Wetzel, L.; Krawczyk, C. M.; Rieke, H.; Lamarche, J.

doi:10.1144/GSL.MEM.2006.032.01.22

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Post-Variscan (end Carboniferous-Early Permian) basin evolution in Western and Central Europe

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McCann, T.
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Pascal, C.
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Timmermann, M. J.
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Krzywiec, P.
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Lopez-Gomez, J.
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Wetzel, L.
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Krawczyk, C. M.
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Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum;

Rieke, H.
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Lamarche, J.
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McCann, T., Pascal, C., Timmermann, M. J., Krzywiec, P., Lopez-Gomez, J., Wetzel, L., Krawczyk, C. M., Rieke, H., Lamarche, J. (2006): Post-Variscan (end Carboniferous-Early Permian) basin evolution in Western and Central Europe. - In: Gee, D. G., Stephenson, R. A. (Eds.), European Lithosphere Dynamics, (Geological Society Memoir ; 32), London : The Geological Society.
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Abstract

The Variscan orogeny, resulting from the collision of Laurussia with Gondwana to form the supercontinent of Pangaea, was followed by a period of crustal instability and re-equilibration throughout Western and Central Europe. An extensive and significant phase of Permo-Carboniferous magmatism led to the extrusion of thick volcanic successions across the region (e.g. NE German Basin, NW part of the Polish Basin, Oslo Rift, northern Spain). Coeval transtensional activity led to the formation of more than 70 rift basins across the region. The various basins differ in terms of their form and infill according to their position relative to the Variscan orogen (i.e. internide or externide location) and to the controls that acted on basin development (e.g. basement structure configuration). This paper provides an overview of a variety of basin types, to more fully explore the controls upon the tectonomagmatic-sedimentary evolution of these important basins.