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

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...

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Main Authors: M. BOCCALETTI, R. GELATI, G. MORATTI, G. PAPANI, A. VISMARA SCHILLING
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Milano University Press 2017
Subjects:
Strike-slip basin
Betic Chain
Transpressive regime
Neogene
Geology
QE1-996.5
Paleontology
QE701-760
Planktonic foraminifera
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.13130/2039-4942/9034
https://doaj.org/article/1e6e147f068e432bad4f6ef8100fb038
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Summary: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.

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