Cabo Ortegal, mantle plumbe or double Klippe?

Abstract

Petrological, structural and geochemical data are consistent with emplacement of the Cabo Ortegal Complex by two separate Paleozoic thrusting events which elevate successively deeper levels of crust. The existence of only one, premetamorphic, 'ophiolite' suite is argued for Cabo Ortegal, as well as for the other catazonal metamorphic complexes in Galicia.