La cubeta mesozoica de las Columbrets: aportaciones al conocimiento de la estructura del surco de Valencia

The reflection seismic profiles of the southwest Valencia trough show that the Neogene Valencia trough extensional basin is superim posed over a NE-SW oriented syncline. This syncline, Paleogene in age, is made up by more than 8 km of Mesozoic and probably Palaeocene sediments and denotes the presen...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Roca, E.
Format: article
Publication Date:1996
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repository:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/13291
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10272/13291
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Columbrets basin
Valencia trough
Mesozoic
Extensional basin
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Summary:The reflection seismic profiles of the southwest Valencia trough show that the Neogene Valencia trough extensional basin is superim posed over a NE-SW oriented syncline. This syncline, Paleogene in age, is made up by more than 8 km of Mesozoic and probably Palaeocene sediments and denotes the presence of a thick Mesozoic basin. Folded and strongly eroded during the late Paleogene, this so-called Columbrets basin is interpreted to extend along the whole Valencia trough and, according to oil data, it developed during the major Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous rifting event that affected the eastern part of Iberia