Correlation of hercynian units of the Iberian massif and southeastern France

The Olio de sapo anliform in the northwest Iberian Massif is made up of superposed allochthonous units of Paleozoic metasediments and Ordovician orthogneisses, similar to gneissic domes in the eastern Pyrenees and in the Montagne Noire of southern France. Their association with Hercynian fold-nappes...

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Autor: Martínez García, E.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:1996
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:10272/11826
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10272/11826
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ollo de sapo
Hercynian
Iberian Massif
Pyrenees
Montagne Noire
Ibero-Armorican arc
Hercínico
Macizo Ibérico
Pirineos
Arco Ibero-Armoricano
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Sumario:The Olio de sapo anliform in the northwest Iberian Massif is made up of superposed allochthonous units of Paleozoic metasediments and Ordovician orthogneisses, similar to gneissic domes in the eastern Pyrenees and in the Montagne Noire of southern France. Their association with Hercynian fold-nappes of comparable lithologies and structure points to a formerly continuous structure later sheared apart in the late Hercynian dextral megashear (North Pyrenean fault) which affected the Pyrenees and southern France and was also responsible for the formation of the domes