Sheared metagranitoids in the Ještěd Range Mts.: the role in the westward propagation of the variscan orogenic wedge in the West Sudetes

Abstract

The sheared metagranitoids of probably Early Palaeozoic age were newly discovered in the Ještěd Msts and their role in the westward propagation of Variscan orogenic wedge is discussed.

Keywords

• The Ještěd Range Mts.
• metagranitoids
• shearing
• Variscan orogeny