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This book provides an up-to-date synthesis of the
Pre-Mesozoic Geology in France (Armorican and Central
Massifs) and Related Areas (Aquitaine Basin, Vosges,
Provence, Pyrenees, Western Alps, Corsica and Sardinia). The
geological record is systematically presented, covering
seismic reflection, gravity and magnetic data, stratigraphy,
paleontology, structure, metamorphism, igneous activity and
metallogeny. It is the most up-to-date English summary by
French scientists, providing access to the vast literature
on the topic mainly written in French. As such, it should be
of great interest to an international audience.
List of contents
I Geophysics.- Seismic Reflection Images of the Pre-Mesozoic Crust in France and Adjacent Areas.- Gravity and Magnetic Expression of Terranes and Their Correlation Beneath Overstep Sequences.- II A The Cadomian Orogeny in the Armorican Massif.- Lithostratigraphy.- Structure and Metamorphism.- Igneous Activity.- Conclusions.- II B The Variscan Orogeny in the Armorican Massif.- Stratigraphy and Paleontology.- The Variscan.- Cambrian of the Armorican Massif.- Ordovician, Silurian, and Devonian of the Medio-North-Armorican Domain.- Paleozoic of the Ligerian Domain.- Paleozoic of the Vendean Domain.- Carboniferous of the Armorican Massif.- Permian of the Armorican Massif.- Paleogeographic Synthesis.- Structure and Metamorphism.- Early Tectonic Events (Ordovician).- Eo-Hercynian Events in the Armorican Massif.- Intracontinental Hercynian Events in the Armorican Massif.- Igneous Activity.- Magmatic Record of the Geodynamic Evolution of Brittany and Vendée During Paleozoic Times: Trace Element Constraints.- Variscan Granites from Brittany.- II C Metallogeny.- Metallogeny of the Armorican Massif.- III The Massif Central.- Lithostratigraphy of Variscan Terranes in the French Massif Central: A Basis for Paleogeographical Reconstruction.- Biostratigraphy and Dynamics of the Nonmetamorphic Sedimentary Record.- Structure.- Metamorphism.- Igneous Activity. Caledo-Hercynian Magmatism in the French Massif Central.- Metallogenesis of the French Massif Central: Time-Space Relationships Between Ore Deposition and Tectono-Magmatic Events.- IV Correlative Areas.- The Aquitaine Basin.- The Vosges Massif.- Crystalline Provence: Structure and Variscan Evolution.- Pyrenees.- Variscan Basement of the Western Alps: the External Crystalline Massifs.- Corsica and Sardinia in the Variscan Chain.-V.- The French Paleozoic Terranes.
