Estudio comparado de la evolución e inversión de distintas cuencas mesozoicas de la Placa Ibérica

The marginal zones of the Maestrazgo Basin (Las Parras and Galve basins) and the Algarve Basin show a similar evolution during basin formation (mainly Jurassic and Early Cretaceous) and inversion (Oligocene-Early Miocene). Common features between the two basins are the control of sedimentation durin...

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Autores: Casas Sainz, Antonio, Cortés Gracia, A. L., Liesa, Carlos L., Soria, Ana Rosa, Terrinha, P., Kullberg, J. C., Rocha, R. da
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:1997
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repositorio:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/10237
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10272/10237
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Sedimentary basin
Basin inversion
Basement fault
Mesozoic
Tertiary
Iberian plate
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Sumario:The marginal zones of the Maestrazgo Basin (Las Parras and Galve basins) and the Algarve Basin show a similar evolution during basin formation (mainly Jurassic and Early Cretaceous) and inversion (Oligocene-Early Miocene). Common features between the two basins are the control of sedimentation during extension by basement normal and transfer faults (NW-SE and NE-SW) and the complete inversion during the Tertiary accomodated by basement-involved E-W thrusts, preserving the extensional geometry with non-reactivated normal faults at the thrusts hanging-walls. Extensional structures in the Las Parras and Calve basins are consistent with a roughly N-S oriented extension (locally NE-SW and NW-SE, perpendicular to the main normal faults). Thrusts show an overall E-W direction compatible with a near N-S shortening between the Late Eocene and the Early Miocene. Extension in the Algarve Basin was accomodated by ENE-WSW to NE-SW late Variscan faults; NW-SE transfer faults dipping to the Northeast also accomodated some extension and divided the area into sub-basins. Inversion in the Algarve Basin pre-dated deposition ofthe Miocene sediments and was accomodated by S- to S-SE directed thrusts, which cross-cut the main extensional faults