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The Atlas-East Variscan -Elbe shear system and its role in the formation of the pull-apart Late Palaeozoic basins

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The Variscan orogeny occurred as a result of the Late Devonian to Late Carboniferous collision and accretion of Gondwana-derived microcontinents and continental masses with those of Laurussia. The irregular boundaries of the colliding continents caused isochronous transpressional and transtensional tectonics, accompanied by a complex pattern of intracontinental shear zones at the scale of the southern European Variscides. These shear zones and their configuration controlled the subsequent evolution of Permian to Middle Triassic paleogeography. The geographic distribution, from Morocco to the Eastern Alps, of the Late Carboniferous–Permian up to Triassic basins, most of which are considered as pull-apart basins, was related with the development of the Late Palaeozoic intracontinental shear network. Our analysis of the stratigraphic, tectonic and volcanic features of the Late Carboniferous/Permian continental basins across the Laurussia/Gondwana boundary reveals the role of the East Variscan Shear Zone during this time as a precursory lineament for the development of the Permian to Triassic rifting of Pangaea and the following opening of oceanic basins (e.g., the Neothetyan Ocean).

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modified from Padovano et al. 2011). Black arrows: Late Carboniferous shortening. White arrows: Late Carboniferous extension

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The authors acknowledge the very constructive comments by Prof. Niko Froitzheim (University of Bonn) and by an anonymous reviewer, who allowed the improvement of the early version of the manuscript. Thanks are extended to Dr. Letizia Orti (Earth Sciences Department of the Florence University) for her help in drawing the stratigraphic columns. This research was supported by the University of Genova (PRA 2012 grant to Laura Gaggero and FRA 2018 grant to Franco M. Elter).

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    Franco Marco Elter, Laura Gaggero & Federico Mantovani

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    Enrico Pandeli

  4. Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cagliari, Via Trentino 51, 09127, Cagliari, Italy

    Luca Giacomo Costamagna

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Elter, F.M., Gaggero, L., Mantovani, F. et al. The Atlas-East Variscan -Elbe shear system and its role in the formation of the pull-apart Late Palaeozoic basins. Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch) 109, 739–760 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-020-01830-y

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