Iberian Massif

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The Iberian Massif is a large, ancient geological core of the Iberian Peninsula composed mainly of Precambrian and Paleozoic rocks that record multiple mountain-building events.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cratonic block ⓘ
geological massif ⓘ
tectonostratigraphic unit ⓘ
borderedBy Cantabrian Zone ⓘ
Central Iberian Zone ⓘ
Ossa-Morena Zone ⓘ
South Portuguese Zone ⓘ
composedPrimarilyOf Paleozoic rocks ⓘ
Precambrian rocks ⓘ
contains gneiss complexes ⓘ
granite plutons ⓘ
schist belts ⓘ
slate sequences ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Portugal ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
economicImportance hosts industrial mineral deposits ⓘ
hosts metallic mineral deposits ⓘ
extendsInto central Portugal ⓘ
northern Portugal ⓘ
northwestern Spain ⓘ
western Spain ⓘ
formedBy accretion of terranes ⓘ
continental collision ⓘ
geologicalAge Paleozoic ⓘ
linked to: Paleozoic Era

Precambrian ⓘ
geologicalPeriodRecorded Cambrian ⓘ
Carboniferous ⓘ
Devonian ⓘ
Ordovician ⓘ
Silurian ⓘ
lithology igneous rocks ⓘ
metamorphic rocks ⓘ
sedimentary rocks ⓘ
locatedIn Portugal ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
orogenyRecorded Cadomian orogeny ⓘ
Hercynian orogeny ⓘ
linked to: Variscan orogeny

Variscan orogeny ⓘ
overlainBy Mesozoic sedimentary basins in parts of Iberia ⓘ
partOf European Variscan Belt ⓘ
Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
researchField geology ⓘ
stratigraphy ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
structuralRole basement of the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
tectonicHistory records multiple orogenic events ⓘ
tectonicSetting part of the pre-Mesozoic basement of Iberia ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Variscan orogeny → affects → Iberian Massif ⓘ
Cadomian orogeny → affectedRegion → Iberian Massif ⓘ
Fóia → partOf → Southwest Iberian Massif ⓘ
subject linked to: Fóia peak
linked to: Iberian Massif
Serra de São Mamede → partOf → Iberian Massif ⓘ
Iberian Pyrite Belt → partOf → Iberian Massif ⓘ
Hercynian basement → exposedIn → Iberian Massif ⓘ
Toledo Mountains → partOf → Iberian Massif ⓘ
Galician Massif → partOf → Iberian Massif ⓘ
Galician Massif → formsPartOf → western Iberian Massif ⓘ
linked to: Iberian Massif
Montes de León → partOf → Iberian Massif ⓘ