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Issues Published in 2019 -- Volume 15

February 2019 – Volume 15 Number 1

Planet Mercury

GUEST EDITORS
Bernard Charlier and Olivier Namur

PRINCIPAL EDITOR
Nancy L. Ross

April 2019 – Volume 15 Number 2

Reactive Transport Modeling

GUEST EDITORS
Kate Maher and K. Ulrich Mayer

PRINCIPAL EDITOR
Friedhelm von Blanckbenburg

June 2019 – Volume 15 Number 3

South Aegean Volcanic Arc

GUEST EDITORS
Timothy H. Druitt and Georges E. Vougioukalakis

PRINCIPAL EDITOR
Jon Blundy

August 2019 – Volume 15 Number 4

Weathering Across the Earth Sciences

GUEST EDITORS
Patrick J. Frings and Heather L. Buss

PRINCIPAL EDITOR
John Eiler

October 2019 – Volume 15 Number 5

Catastrophic Perturbations to Earth's Deep Carbon Cycle

GUEST EDITORS
Celina A. Suarez, Marie Edmonds, and Adrian P. Jones

PRINCIPAL EDITOR
Nancy L. Ross

December 2019 – Volume 15 Number 6

Kimberlites

GUEST EDITORS
Andrea Giuliani and D. Graham Pearson

PRINCIPAL EDITOR
Jon Blundy

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December 2025 --The Variscan Orogeny in Europe – Understanding Supercontinent Formation

The Variscan orogen formed between 380 and 300 million years ago through several accretionary and collisional cycles, culminating with the construction of the Pangea supercontinent. This process occurred via sequential opening and closure of oceanic basins, synchronous detachment of Gondwana derived continental ribbons, and their outboard amalgamation onto the Laurussia margin. The Variscan orogen is rather unique compared with other orogenic belts on Earth: its overthickened and dominantly magmatic crust in the central belt, surprisingly minor mantle involvement in the magmatic and geodynamic processes, coherent and pulsed magmatism along the collision suture, and its complex accretionary history. Because its final product, Pangea, is the youngest and best-understood supercontinent on Earth, the Variscan orogeny offers clues for understanding the mechanisms of supercontinent formation.