Palaeomagnetic results from Upper Miocene and Pliocene rocks from the Internal Zone of the eastern Betic Cordilleras (southern Spain)

Palaeomagnetic and rock-magnetic studies were carried out on samples from thirteen volcanic and nine sedimentary sites of Late Miocene to Pliocene age from the Internal Zone of the eastern Betic Cordilleras. After comparing palaeomagnetic results with the expected Pliocene/Miocene direction, rotated...

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Autores: Calvo, Manuel, Vegas Martínez, Ramón, Osete López, María Luisa
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:1997
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/57604
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/57604
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:550.38(234.1)
Palaeomagnetism
Rotation
Betic Cordillera
Neogene
Geodinámica
2507 Geofísica
Descrição
Resumo:Palaeomagnetic and rock-magnetic studies were carried out on samples from thirteen volcanic and nine sedimentary sites of Late Miocene to Pliocene age from the Internal Zone of the eastern Betic Cordilleras. After comparing palaeomagnetic results with the expected Pliocene/Miocene direction, rotated and unrotated areas can be recognized, rotations being clockwise and counter-clockwise. Some rotations are of great magnitude. Unlike deformation in the External Betics, Late Miocene to Present block rotations in the Internal Betic Zone are non-systematic, and related to the movement of faults as local responses to the Late Miocene-Present regional stress field, due to the N140 convergence of Africa and the Iberian Peninsula.