Origin and evolution of Cadomian magmatism in SW Iberia: from subduction onset and arc building to a tectonic switching

E Rojo-Pérez, JM Fuenlabrada… - International Geology …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The evolution of the Gondwana along the flank of the West African Craton was complex and
is far from understood. Subduction-related activity along this margin spanned between c …

[HTML][HTML] Variability in the sources of North Gondwana Cadomian basins tracked by Nd isotopic systematics (Iberian Massif)

JM Fuenlabrada, R Arenas, MF Pereira, ER Pérez… - Precambrian …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Cadomian Orogeny encompassed the opening and closure of oceanic
domains and associated sedimentary basins in the northern margin of Gondwana from …

Cadomia origins: paired Ediacaran ophiolites from the Iberian Massif, the opening and closure record of peri-Gondwanan basins

R Arenas, C Vérard, R Albert… - Geological Society …, 2024 - lyellcollection.org
The recent discovery of Ediacaran ophiolites in the SW Iberian Massif has made it possible
to pinpoint the evolution of the Cadomian basement of Europe. The Calzadilla and Mérida …

From onset of Cadomian subduction to forearc-arc-continent collision: Insights from the Neoproterozoic Calzadilla Metaophiolite (SW Iberia)

I Novo-Fernández, N Pujol-Solà, R Arenas… - International Geology …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The Cadomian basement of SW Iberian Massif appears in the so-called Ossa-Morena
Complex, which contains several allochthonous terranes that are key for deciphering the …

Opening and closure of Cadomian peri-Gondwanan oceans: age and evolution of the Mérida Ophiolite (SW Iberia)

R Arenas, E Rojo-Pérez… - International Geology …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT In the SW Iberian Massif, the Ossa-Morena Complex contains a stack of units of
different origin and tectonothermal evolution. Individual terranes of the complex record a …

Geochemistry of metasedimentary rocks from the Eastern Pyrenees (Iberian Peninsula): Implications for correlation of Ediacaran terranes along the Gondwanan …

E Rojo-Pérez, E Druguet, JM Casas, JA Proenza… - Precambrian …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The North African margin of Gondwana formed by subduction and accretion during
Ediacaran to Cambrian times. Sections of this active margin were incorporated during the …

Lower Cambrian magmatism in the SW Iberian sector of the African–Gondwana margin: geochemical and isotopic keys to incipient tectonic switching

E Rojo-Pérez, R Arenas, JM Fuenlabrada… - Geological Society …, 2024 - lyellcollection.org
Aspects of the evolution of the Pan-African–Cadomian arc have been recognized in several
European massifs. The Ossa–Morena Complex (SW Iberian Massif) is one of the best …

Petrogenesis of ultramafic rocks from the Neoproterozoic Bou Azzer Ophiolite (Morocco): new insights into a long-standing geodynamic question

N Pujol-Solà, JA Proenza, A Cambeses… - International Geology …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Neoproterozoic Bou Azzer Ophiolite, located in the Pan-African orogen of
the Anti-Atlas, Morocco, exposes a well-preserved mantle section of the ophiolitic sequence …

[HTML][HTML] Cuartel Ophiolite: Structure, timing and exhumation mechanisms for a Cadomian suture zone in the peri-Gondwanan Realm (SW Iberia)

D Moreno-Martín, RD Fernández, R Albert… - Gondwana …, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract The Cadomian Orogeny formed as an accretionary orogen surrounding Gondwana.
The structure resulting from the Cadomian Orogeny is pervasively reworked during the …

[HTML][HTML] Arc sections correlation along the Gondwana margin: Dynamic shifts tracked by detrital zircon

E Rojo-Pérez, J Fernández-Suárez, JM Fuenlabrada… - Gondwana …, 2025 - Elsevier
Sections of the Gondwana margin recording the evolution of Ediacaran and Cambrian arc
systems are preserved along the Variscan Orogen. The sedimentary sequences deposited …