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Structural and Basement Evolution in the Central Schwarzwald Gneiss Complex

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Abstract

The Central Schwarzwald Gneiss Complex (CGC) belongs to the highly metamorphic core (“Moldanubian”) of the European Variscan orogenic belt. The prevailing lithologies are metasediments of possibly Precambrian depositional age (Wimmenauer 1980). Intercalated orthogneisses are abundant (Fig. 1). The dominant metamorphism took place under upper amphibolite facies conditions, locally reaching anatexis. Relics of eclogites and granulites occur as isolated but scattered pods within the paragneisses or form distinct chains within the basement (Fig. 1). The various lithologies underwent temporarily separate structural and metamorphic histories in space and time. As a consequence of the dominant low pressure/high temperature (LP-HT) metamorphism the segments of different crustal provenance were welded together and their previous tectonometamorphic history was somewhat blurred.

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  1. Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut, J.W.Goethe-Universität, Senckenberganlage 32, D-6000, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    T. Flöttmann & G. Kleinschmidt

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  1. Institut für Geowissenschaften und Lithosphärenforschung, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Senckenbergstraße 3, 6300, Gießen, Germany

    Rolf Emmermann

  2. Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet für Angewandte Geophysik, RWTH Aachen, Lochnerstraße 4-20, 5100, Aachen, Germany

    Jürgen Wohlenberg

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Flöttmann, T., Kleinschmidt, G. (1989). Structural and Basement Evolution in the Central Schwarzwald Gneiss Complex. In: Emmermann, R., Wohlenberg, J. (eds) The German Continental Deep Drilling Program (KTB). Exploration of the Deep Continental Crust. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74588-1_12

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