UGIJAR AND CANJAYAR NEOGENE BASINS (SE SPAIN): AN EXAMPLE OF STRIKE-SLIP BASIN EVOLUTION IN TRANSPRESSIVE REGIME ...

• Main Authors: BOCCALETTI, M., GELATI, R., MORATTI, G., PAPANI, G., VISMARA SCHILLING, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia (Research In Paleontology and Stratigraphy) 2017
• Subjects: Strike-slip basin; Betic Chain; Transpressive regime; Neogene; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.13130/2039-4942/9034; http://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/9034

The present study has been carried out in the eastern part of the Alpujarran corridor (Betic Chain), an E-W trending basin, 80 km long, of Neogene-Quaternary age. In particular, the Ugijar and Canjayar basins (respectively named Basin 1 and Basin 2), controlled by an E-W trending left stepping right lateral strike­slip system, associated with NE-SW trending thrust faults, have been investigated. The stratigraphic sequence of the forementioned two basins, which can be up to 2000 m thick, is mainly due to tectonic subsidence and is here interpreted in terms of Sequence Stratigraphy. The age of the whole sequence, dated by means of planktonic foraminifera, is Late Serravallian-Pliocene. ... : Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia (Research In Paleontology and Stratigraphy), V. 96, N. 2-3 ...