Alpine tectonic framework of south-western Duero basin

The tectonic activity in the south-western area of the Spanish Northern Meseta (Ciudad Rodrigo and Duero basins) during most of the Tertiary was determined by u transpressive regime that reactivated Hercynian to Late-Hercynian faults. The record of the Alpine Orogeny is complex because the sedimenta...

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Authors: Santisteban Navarro, Juan Ignacio, Mediavilla López, Rosa María, Martín Serrano, Ángel
Format: book part
Publication Date:1996
Country:España
Institution:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repository:Docta Complutense
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/60509
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/60509
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:551.3.051(460)
551.24(460)
Alpine tectonics
Spanish
Duero Basins
Iberian Peninsula
Geología estratigráfica
2506.19 Estratigrafía
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Summary:The tectonic activity in the south-western area of the Spanish Northern Meseta (Ciudad Rodrigo and Duero basins) during most of the Tertiary was determined by u transpressive regime that reactivated Hercynian to Late-Hercynian faults. The record of the Alpine Orogeny is complex because the sedimentary record indicates a compresive regime in the sour e areas coeval with the extensionall to transpresive regime indicated by normal or strike-slip faults. This duality is due 10 the geotectonics position of this area between two compressive areas, the Cantabrian Range and the Central System, and the extensional Atlantic margin.