Minorca, an exotic Balearic island (western Mediterranean)

Despite forming part of the Balearic group of islands, Minorca differs stratigraphically and structurally from Majorca and Ibiza: i) Paleozoic rocks are abundant in Minorca but are very scarce in Majorca and are absent in Ibiza. Eocene-Oligocene sediments are virtually absent in Minorca but crop out...

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Autores: Sàbat i Montserrat, Francesc|||0000-0002-9188-2234, Gelabert Ferrer, Bernardí, Rodriguez-Perea, Antonio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1344/GeologicaActa2018.16.4.5
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Palabra clave:Minorca
Balearic islands
Western mediterranean
Stratigraphy
Structural geology
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spelling Minorca, an exotic Balearic island (western Mediterranean)Sàbat i Montserrat, Francesc|||0000-0002-9188-2234Gelabert Ferrer, BernardíRodriguez-Perea, AntonioMinorcaBalearic islandsWestern mediterraneanStratigraphyStructural geologyDespite forming part of the Balearic group of islands, Minorca differs stratigraphically and structurally from Majorca and Ibiza: i) Paleozoic rocks are abundant in Minorca but are very scarce in Majorca and are absent in Ibiza. Eocene-Oligocene sediments are virtually absent in Minorca but crop out extensively in Majorca, ii) Contractional structures in Minorca differ in direction (aligned SW-NE in Majorca and Ibiza and N-S in Minorca) and in age from those in Majorca and Ibiza. In addition, Paleozoic deposits of Minorca do not correlate with those of Sardinia, where in addition the Triassic sediments are not very abundant. Contractional deformation in Sardinia is in part older (late Eocene-early Miocene) than in Minorca (early Miocene?). Given its Neogene clockwise rotation, Minorca cannot be considered a small block dragged by the early Miocene counter clockwise rotation of the Corsica-Sardinia block. Furthermore, the Paleozoic and Mesozoic stratigraphy of Minorca (siliciclasticlate Paleozoic rocks, Triassic Germanic facies and Jurassic carbonates) has affinities with that of the southern part of the Catalan Coastal Ranges. Thus, of all the Balearic islands, Minorca seems to have traveled the farthest during the Valencia Trough rifting with the result that it resembles an exotic island forming part of the Balearic foreland. 22018-01-0120182018-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/201375https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1344/GeologicaActa2018.16.4.5reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, sempre i quan aquestes es distribueixin sota la mateixa llicència que regula l'obra original i es reconegui l'autoria.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:2013752026-06-06T12:50:31Z
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title Minorca, an exotic Balearic island (western Mediterranean)
spellingShingle Minorca, an exotic Balearic island (western Mediterranean)
Sàbat i Montserrat, Francesc|||0000-0002-9188-2234
Minorca
Balearic islands
Western mediterranean
Stratigraphy
Structural geology
title_short Minorca, an exotic Balearic island (western Mediterranean)
title_full Minorca, an exotic Balearic island (western Mediterranean)
title_fullStr Minorca, an exotic Balearic island (western Mediterranean)
title_full_unstemmed Minorca, an exotic Balearic island (western Mediterranean)
title_sort Minorca, an exotic Balearic island (western Mediterranean)
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Sàbat i Montserrat, Francesc|||0000-0002-9188-2234
Gelabert Ferrer, Bernardí
Rodriguez-Perea, Antonio
author Sàbat i Montserrat, Francesc|||0000-0002-9188-2234
author_facet Sàbat i Montserrat, Francesc|||0000-0002-9188-2234
Gelabert Ferrer, Bernardí
Rodriguez-Perea, Antonio
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Rodriguez-Perea, Antonio
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Minorca
Balearic islands
Western mediterranean
Stratigraphy
Structural geology
topic Minorca
Balearic islands
Western mediterranean
Stratigraphy
Structural geology
description Despite forming part of the Balearic group of islands, Minorca differs stratigraphically and structurally from Majorca and Ibiza: i) Paleozoic rocks are abundant in Minorca but are very scarce in Majorca and are absent in Ibiza. Eocene-Oligocene sediments are virtually absent in Minorca but crop out extensively in Majorca, ii) Contractional structures in Minorca differ in direction (aligned SW-NE in Majorca and Ibiza and N-S in Minorca) and in age from those in Majorca and Ibiza. In addition, Paleozoic deposits of Minorca do not correlate with those of Sardinia, where in addition the Triassic sediments are not very abundant. Contractional deformation in Sardinia is in part older (late Eocene-early Miocene) than in Minorca (early Miocene?). Given its Neogene clockwise rotation, Minorca cannot be considered a small block dragged by the early Miocene counter clockwise rotation of the Corsica-Sardinia block. Furthermore, the Paleozoic and Mesozoic stratigraphy of Minorca (siliciclasticlate Paleozoic rocks, Triassic Germanic facies and Jurassic carbonates) has affinities with that of the southern part of the Catalan Coastal Ranges. Thus, of all the Balearic islands, Minorca seems to have traveled the farthest during the Valencia Trough rifting with the result that it resembles an exotic island forming part of the Balearic foreland.
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