Abstract The Late Paleozoic Variscan Orogen of Europe and North Africa comprises
reworked Neoproterozoic to Early Paleozoic crust of the northern Gondwanan shelf that …

We present here a comprehensive and updated review on the gneissic Ollo de Sapo
Formation (OSF) in the Iberian Massif and discuss multiple aspects (lithostratigraphy …

Prior to their Alpine overprinting, most of the pre-Mesozoic basement areas in Alpine
orogenic structures shared a complex evolution, starting with Neoproterozoic sediments that …

In tectonic maps of Variscan Europe, allochthonous pieces of Cadomian basement clearly
stand out with their predominant metabasic to ultrabasic elements, the so-called exotic …

Although much is known about the Ordovician tectonics of the South European Variscides,
aspects of their geodynamic evolution and palaeogeographic reconstruction remain …

Abstract The Ordovician of Scandinavia (ie Denmark, Norway and Sweden) has been
investigated for over two centuries and, through time, various chronostratigraphic schemes …

Early Paleozoic accretionary orogens dominated the Western Gondwana margin and were
characterized by nearly continuous subduction associated with crustal extension and back …

The Ollo de Sapo Fm. in the Sanabria region of NW Iberia consists of subvolcanic, volcanic
and volcano-sedimentary rocks underlying and partly intercalated with Early Ordovician …

Abstract The Cambrian Atlas–Ossa–Morena–North Armorican Rift extended along West
Gondwana from the end of the Pan-African and Cadomian orogenies until the diachronous …

New U–Pb zircon data from metagranites and metavolcanic rocks of the Schist-Graywacke
Complex Domain and the Schistose Domain of Galicia Tras-os-Montes Zone from central …