Architecture of the European lithosphere showing the main magmatic events and depletion ages for the crust and mantle lithosphere. Those ages are inferred from Sm-Nd and Re-Os systematics that reflect variable composition and densities at the base of the lithosphere. Temporal and spatial relationships with orogenic events, oceanic and LIPs (CAMP, CIMP) are also indicated. Main tectono-magmatic events are related to Columbia, Rodinia, Gondwana and Pangea supercontinents assembly at ca. 1.8, 1.2, 0.5 and 0.3 Ga, respectively.