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 (2)

Label Occurrences
Iberian Massif canonical 2
Southwest Iberian Massif 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cratonic block
geological massif
tectonostratigraphic unit
borderedBy Cantabrian Zone NERFINISHED
Central Iberian Zone NERFINISHED
Ossa-Morena Zone NERFINISHED
South Portuguese Zone NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
northern Portugal
northwestern Spain
western Spain
formedBy accretion of terranes
continental collision
geologicalAge Paleozoic NERFINISHED
Precambrian NERFINISHED
geologicalPeriodRecorded Cambrian
Carboniferous NERFINISHED
Devonian
Ordovician
Silurian NERFINISHED
lithology igneous rocks
metamorphic rocks
sedimentary rocks
locatedIn Portugal
Spain
orogenyRecorded Cadomian orogeny NERFINISHED
Hercynian orogeny NERFINISHED
Variscan orogeny NERFINISHED
overlainBy Mesozoic sedimentary basins in parts of Iberia
partOf European Variscan Belt NERFINISHED
Iberian Peninsula NERFINISHED
researchField geology
stratigraphy
tectonics
structuralRole basement of the Iberian Peninsula
tectonicHistory records multiple orogenic events
tectonicSetting part of the pre-Mesozoic basement of Iberia

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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 peak partOf Iberian Massif
subject surface form: Fóia
this entity surface form: Southwest Iberian Massif