Evidence of Variscan and Alpine tectonics in the structural and thermochronological record of the central Serbo-Macedonian Massif (south-eastern Serbia)

Exhumation history of the Variscan orogen in western Iberia as inferred from new K-Ar and 40Ar/39Ar data on granites from Portugal

“…(4) Late exhumation driven by either Alpine tectonics (sl), or denudation by erosion processes. The thermal influence of the Alpine cycle related to Triassic early extension and opening and closure of the Tethys has been recorded for instance in the central Serbo-Macedonian Massif in the Carpathians (e.g., Antic et al, 2017). Regarding Iberia, recent Apatite Fission Track (AFT) data on siliciclastic sediments filling Mesozoic basins along the western margin of Iberia support significant uplift of the Newfoundland-Iberia rift shoulder following the opening of the Atlantic at ca.…”

Tectonic units of the Alpine collision zone between Eastern Alps and western Turkey

“…8). Ductile deformation and metamorphism in the central segment of the Serbo-Macedonian unit formed during pre-Alpine events (Anti c et al, 2017). During Early Cretaceous thrusting of the Serbo-Macedonian unit over the Struma unit (Kounov et al, 2010), the Serbo-Macedonian unit was at a high structural level, Alpine deformation being of brittle nature (Anti c et al, 2016).…”

Early Paleozoic Cenerian (Sardic) geodynamic relationships of peripheral eastern north Gondwana affinities: revisiting the Ordovician of the Getic/Kučaj nappe (eastern Serbia)

“…This Mid-Or do vi cian event was orig inally re ferred to as the "early Cal edo nian orog eny" (Balintoni et al, 2011). The Carpathian-Bal kan base ment ter ranes which were ex posed to Cambro-Or do vi cian ac cre tion or "orog eny" under went tec tonic trans port to be come an ex otic Variscan basement col lage in the af ter math (e.g., ¯elaŸniewicz et al, 2004;Carrigan et al, 2005;Oczlon et al, 2007;Kro ner and Romer, 2013;Zulauf et al, 2014;Antiae et al, 2017;Žák and Sláma, 2017; Fig. 1A, B).…”

“…In ad di tion, field ev i dence of a Cenerian (Sardic) compressional re cord in Central Variscan Eu ro pean base ments is ei ther ab sent, or is in a high strain do main likely oc cur ring as orthogneisses with Or dovi cian 480-450 Ma protolith (e.g., Abalos et al, 2002;Franz et al, 2005;Kro ner and Romer, 2013;Avigad et al, 2022). A sim ilar sit u a tion is pres ent in the in cor po rated Carpathian-Bal kan pre-Variscan and Variscan base ment ed i fices of Al pine orogen (e.g., Yanev et al, 2000;Kräutner and Krstiae, 2002;Iancu et al, 2005;Seghedi et al, 2005;Krstiae et al, 2008;Balintoni et al, 2009Balintoni et al, , 2014Kounov et al, 2012;Bonev et al, 2013;Antiae et al, 2017;Plissart et al, 2017Plissart et al, , 2018Spahiae et al, , 2019aSpahiae et al, , 2021Žák et al, 2021;Ferretti et al, 2022;Figs. 1C, 2 and 3).…”