InhaltsangabeI Introduction.- to the Pre-Mesozoic Geology of Iberia.- II Cantabrian and Palentian Zones.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Stratigraphy.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 The Asturian-Leonese Domain (Cantabrian Zone).- 2.3 The Palentine Domain (Palentian Zone).- 2.4 Carboniferous Pre-Stephanian Rocks of the Asturian-Leonese Domain (Cantabrian Zone).- 2.5 Carboniferous of the Palentian Zone.- 2.6 Stephanian and Permian Basins.- 3 Structure.- 3.1 Cantabrian Zone.- 3.2 Palentian Zone.- 4 Igneous Rocks.- 5 Metallogenesis Zones.- III West Asturian-Leonese Zone.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Stratigraphy.- 3 Structure.- 4 Igneous Rocks.- 5 Distribution and Characteristics of Hercynian Metamorphism.- 6 Metallogenetic Characteristics.- IV Central-Iberian Zone.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Autochthonous Sequences.- 2.1 Stratigraphy.- 2.1.1 Introduction.- 2.1.2 Ante-Ordovician Stratigraphy.- 2.1.3 Post-Cambrian Palaeozoic Stratigraphy.- 2.2 Structure.- 2.3 Granites as a Paradigm of Genetic Processes of Granitic Rocks: I-Types vs S-Types.- 2.4 Distribution, Characteristics and Evolution of Metamorphism.- 2.5 Metallogeny.- 3 Allochthonous Sequences.- 3.1 Structure in the Northwest of the Iberian Peninsula.- 3.2 Metamorphic Evolution of the Allochthonous Complexes from the Northwest of the Iberian Peninsula.- V Ossa-Morena Zone.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Stratigraphy.- 2.1 Precambrian.- 2.2 Rift Phase (Cambrian).- 2.3 Passive Margin Phase (Ordovician-Silurian-Devonian).- 2.4 Synorogenic Phase (Upper Devonian-Carboniferous-Lower Permian).- 3 Structure.- 4 Igneous Rocks.- 5 Metamorphism.- 6 Metallogeny.- VI South Portuguese Zone.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Stratigraphy and Synsedimentary Tectonism.- 3 Structural Outline.- 4 Metamorphic Evolution of the South Portuguese/Pulo Do Lobo Zone.- 5 Metallogenesis in the Iberian Pyrite Belt.- VII Sedimentary and Faunal Domains in the Iberian Peninsula During Lower Paleozoic Times.- VIII Geodynamic Evolution of the Iberian Massif.