CADOMIAN BASEMENT OF THE PALEOZOIC PLATFORM IN CENTRAL-EUROPE

In central Europe, evidence for Cadomian basement occurs from the Midl ands Massif in the United Kingdom to the Moesian Platform in Romania. The patchily exposed basement rocks either have survived almost intact through the Phanerozoic (e.g. Lusatia), overstepped by different Pala eozoic strata, or have been reworked to various degrees (e.g. Erzgebir ge) and involved in Variscan structures (e.g. Sudetes, Moravia). In th e Polish and German lowlands, undated subsurface basement occurs below the Permo-Mesozoic cover and Variscan molasse and flysch successions. The mutual relationships between the various Cadomian fragments occur ring within and/or below the Palaeozoic, both orogenic and platform su ccessions, are far from fully understood.