Kinematic characterization of cleavage in Permo-Triassic red beds of the Espadán Range (Castellón, NE Spain)

In this paper the Alpine cleavage affecting the Permo-Triassic series of the Espadan Range (Castellón) is studied. Cleavage affects to argillites and sandstones in Saxonian and Buntsandstein facies. At cartographic scale it is linked with the Espadan box anticline with constant ONO-ESE trend. At mic...

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Autores: Gual Pérez, Juan, Gil Imaz, Andrés, Simón Gómez, José Luis
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repositorio:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/7319
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10272/7319
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Esquistosidad
Plegamiento
Permo-Trías
Modelo cinemático
Cordillera Ibérica
Cleavage
Folding
Permo-Triassic
Kinematic model
Iberian Chain
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Sumario:In this paper the Alpine cleavage affecting the Permo-Triassic series of the Espadan Range (Castellón) is studied. Cleavage affects to argillites and sandstones in Saxonian and Buntsandstein facies. At cartographic scale it is linked with the Espadan box anticline with constant ONO-ESE trend. At microscoscopic scale it constitutes a “spaced cleavage” with a predominance of pressure solution and passive rotation mechanisms. At outcrop scale the cleavage characterizes by a sigmoidal geometry linked both the post-cleavage flexural slip as a cleavage-related flexural flow mechanism. The proposed kinematic model to explain its origin includes three main stages: 1) incipient development of cleavage linked to layer-parallel shortening, 2) buckling and increasing of cleavage penetrativity and 3) folfing amplification and layer-parallel shear