A Rheic cause for the Acadian deformation in Europe From: Journal of the Geological Society | Date: September 1, 2007| Author: Woodcock, N H; Soper, N J; Strachan, R A | Copyright Geological Society Publishing House Sep 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

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The Acadian (mid-Devonian) deformation in NW Europe has typically been interpreted as the culminating event of the Silurian closure of the Iapetus Ocean. This view has been challenged by the recognition of an intervening early Devonian transtensional event across part of the assembled Laurussian continent. Instead, the Acadian shortening must be driven by a renewed 'push from the south', involving subduction of the Rheic Ocean, and either flat-slab subduction or impingement o...

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