Cenozoic evolution of eastern Iberia: structural data and dynamic model.


Autoria(s): Guimerà i Rosso, Joan J.
Contribuinte(s)

Universitat de Barcelona

Resumo

Iberia underwent intraplate deformation during the Mesozoic and Cenozoic. In eastem Ibena, compression took place during the Palaeogene and early Miocene, giving rise to the Iberian Chain, and extension started during the early Miocene in the coastal areas and the Valencia trough; during early Miocene compression continued in the western Iberian Chain whereas extension had started in the eastern Iberian Chain. From the kinematic data obtained from the major compressional and extensional structures formed dunng the Cenozoic, a simple dynamic model using Bott's (1959) formula is presented. The results show that both extension and compression may have been produced assuming a main horizontal stress-axis approximately N-S, in a similar direction that the convergence between Europe, Ibena and Afnca dunng the Cenozoic.

Identificador

http://hdl.handle.net/2445/33150

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

Universitat de Barcelona (UB). Institut de Cièncias de la Terra Jaume Almera (ICTJA)

Direitos

(c) Guimerà i Rosso, Joan J., 1996

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Palavras-Chave #Tectònica #Cenozoic #Serralada Prelitoral Catalana (Catalunya) #Serralada Ibèrica #Tectonics #Cenozoic #Catalan Pre-Coastal Range (Catalonia) #Iberian Mountains
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