The formation of small- to medium-sized Cenozoic basins drained by the Tagus river (Portugal and Spain). Example of sedimentary basins formed by crustal-scale folding
The Tagus river drains several small- to medium-sized Cenozoic sedimentary basins located along a tectonic depressed area which is flanked by two basement highs. These basins were created during the onset of the Cenozoic compressive event that underwent the interior of the Iberian Peninsula in the w...
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| Format: | article |
| Publication Date: | 2021 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Universidad de Huelva (UHU) |
| Repository: | Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/20546 |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10272/20546 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Iberian Peninsula Tagus river Compressional sedimentary basins Crustal-scale folding Península Ibérica Río Tajo Cuencas sedimentarias compresivas Pliegues a escala cortical |
| Summary: | The Tagus river drains several small- to medium-sized Cenozoic sedimentary basins located along a tectonic depressed area which is flanked by two basement highs. These basins were created during the onset of the Cenozoic compressive event that underwent the interior of the Iberian Peninsula in the wake of the Africa-Eurasia convergence. They show the distinctive characteristics of compressional sedimentary basins (flanked by thrusts and reverse faults) whose mechanism of formation can be ascribed to crustal-scale folds. They constitute a good, and perhaps exceptional, example of compressional sedimentary basins formed by this type tectonic mechanism |
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