Central Iberia

Tangled up in folds: tectonic significance of superimposed folding at the core of the Central Iberian curve (West Iberia)
The amalgamation of Pangea during the Carboniferous produced a winding mountain belt: the Variscan orogen of West Europe. In the …
Daniel Pastor-Galán, Ícaro Fróis Dias da Silva, Thomas Groenewegen, Wout Krijgsman
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Paleomagnetism in Extremadura (Central Iberian Zone, Spain)
Introduction: The winding Variscan belt in Iberia, featuring the Cantabrian orocline (NW Iberia) and the Central Iberian curve, is a …
Daniel Pastor-Galán, Gabriel Gutiérrez-Alonso, Mark J. Dekkers, Cor G. Langereis
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Bootstrapped Total Least Squares orocline test: A robust method to quantify vertical axis rotation patterns in orogens, with examples from the Cantabrian and Aegean oroclines
Most mountain belts on Earth show some degree of curvature in plan view, from a slight bend to horseshoe shapes. Such curvatures may …
Daniel Pastor-Galán, Kieran F. Mulchrone, Mathijs Koymans, Douwe J.J. van Hinsbergen, Cor G. Langereis
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Paleomagnetism of the Central Iberian bend's hinge: too many oroclines in the Iberian variscides
The Variscan mountain belt in Iberia defines a large “S” shape with the Cantabrian Orocline in the north and the Central Iberian curve, …
Daniel Pastor-Galán, Mark J. Dekkers, Gabriel Gutiérrez-Alonso, Daniel Brouwer, Thomas Groenewegen, Wout Krijgsman, Javier Fernández-Lozano, Mariano Yenes, Fernando Álvarez-Lobato
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One or two oroclines in the Variscan orogen of Iberia? Implications for Pangea amalgamation
The supercontinent Pangea formed in the late Carboniferous as a result of the Gondwana-Laurussia collision, producing the strongly …
Daniel Pastor-Galán, Thomas Groenewegen, Daniel Brouwer, Wout Krijgsman, Mark Dekkers
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