Alpine Orogeny: Deformation and Structure in the Southern Iberian Margin (Betics s.l.)

Autor: Carlos J. Garrido, María Teresa Gómez-Pugnaire, Vicente López Sánchez-Vizcaíno, Antonio Jabaloy Sánchez, José Alberto Padrón-Navarta
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: The Geology of Iberia: A Geodynamic Approach ISBN: 9783030112943
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-11295-0_10
Popis: Closure of the Tethys Ocean during the Neogene brought the Alboran Domain allochthonous terrane to collide with the paleomargins of both NW Africa and S Iberia. During the collision, parts of the South Iberian Domain were deformed by a thin-skinned thrust-and-fold system, while another part (Nevado-Filabride Complex) was subducted below the Alboran Domain and accreted below it after undergoing Alpine HP-LT metamorphism and ductile deformations. The Flysch Trough units are composed of deep marine sediments that were deformed by thin-skinned thrust-and-fold systems and thrust over the South Iberian Domain. Below the sea level, the Betic-Rif orogenic system extends westwards into the Gulf of Cadiz area where several orogenic wedges are thrust over the oceanic crust of both the African and the European plates.
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