Adopting a global approach this unique book provides an updated review of the geology of
Iberia and its continental margins from a geodynamic perspective. Owing to its location close
to successive plate margins Iberia has played a pivotal role in the geodynamic evolution of
the Gondwanan Rheic Pangea Tethys and Eurasian plates over the last 600 Ma of Earth¿s
history. The geological record starts with the amalgamation of Gondwana in the Neoproterozoic
which was succeeded by the rifting and spreading of the Rheic ocean its demise which led to
the amalgamation of Pangea in the late Paleozoic and the rifting and spreading of several arms
of the Neotethys ocean in the Mesozoic Era and their ongoing closure which was responsible for
the Alpine orogeny. The significant advances in the last 20 years have increasingly attracted
international interest in exploring the geology of the Iberian Peninsula. This final volume of
the Geology of Iberia focuses on the active geological processes in Iberia including seismicity
and active faulting as well as the modern landscapes in the Iberian Peninsula.
