BGS South West Approaches Study: Literature Review of Late Variscan Basins

A literature review of late and post Variscan basins in Northwest Europe, including a fully referenced bibliography. The study, presented by the North Sea Transition Authority, reviews the long Variscan orogenic cycle and considers influences like basement structure and paleoclimate on basin development from the late Carboniferous to early Permian.

Use Cases

• Modeling basin evolution based on literature about basement structure and orogenic collapse.
• Reconstructing paleotopography and paleoclimate for the late Carboniferous-early Permian period.
• Compiling a reference bibliography for academic research on the Variscan orogenic cycle.

Strengths

• Includes a fully referenced and extensive bibliography.
• Covers a long and complex orogenic cycle from the late Carboniferous to early Permian.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

North Sea Transition Authority

Collection Method

Literature review

Time Range

late Carboniferous to early Permian

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-18 11:13:29.431705; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Northwest Europe, South West Approaches