Thrust-wrench interference tectonics in the Gulf of Cadiz (Africa-Iberia plate boundary in the North-East Atlantic): Insights from analog models
International audience In the Gulf of Cadiz key segment of the Africa-Iberia plate boundary (North-East Atlantic ocean), three main different modes of tectonic interference between a recently identified wrench system (SWIM) and the Gulf of Cadiz Accretionary Wedge (GCAW) were tested through analog s...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:10670/1.cwbh0t 2023-05-15T17:38:19+02:00 Thrust-wrench interference tectonics in the Gulf of Cadiz (Africa-Iberia plate boundary in the North-East Atlantic): Insights from analog models Duarte, João, Rosas, Filipe, Terrinha, Pedro Gutscher, Marc-André, Malavielle, Jacques Silva, Sonia Matias, Luis Instituto Dom Luiz Universidade de Lisboa (ULISBOA) Centro de Geologia Lisboa LNEG Unidade de Geologia Marinha School of Geosciences Monash University Clayton Domaines Océaniques (LDO) Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers-Institut d'écologie et environnement-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Géosciences Montpellier Université des Antilles et de la Guyane (UAG)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Faculdade de Ciencias 2011-11-01 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2011.09.014 https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-00643630/file/Duarte_etal_2011_MS-1.pdf https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-00643630 en eng HAL CCSD Elsevier insu-00643630 doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2011.09.014 10670/1.cwbh0t https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-00643630/file/Duarte_etal_2011_MS-1.pdf https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-00643630 other Hyper Article en Ligne - Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société ISSN: 0025-3227 Marine Geology Marine Geology, Elsevier, 2011, 289 (1-4), pp.135-149. ⟨10.1016/j.margeo.2011.09.014⟩ SWIM wrench system Gulf of Cadiz Accretionary Wedge (GCAW) thrust-wrench interference analog modeling Tethyan-related plate boundary geo envir Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2011 fttriple https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2011.09.014 2023-01-22T17:56:41Z International audience In the Gulf of Cadiz key segment of the Africa-Iberia plate boundary (North-East Atlantic ocean), three main different modes of tectonic interference between a recently identified wrench system (SWIM) and the Gulf of Cadiz Accretionary Wedge (GCAW) were tested through analog sand-box modeling: a) An active accretionary wedge on top of a pre-existent inactive basement fault; b) An active strike-slip fault cutting a previously formed, inactive, accretionary wedge; and c) Simultaneous activity of both the accretionary wedge and the strike-slip fault. The results we obtained and the comparison with the natural deformation pattern favor a tectonic evolution comprising two main steps: i) the formation of the Gulf of Cadiz Accretionary Wedge on top of inactive, Tethyan-related, basement faults (Middle Miocene to ~ 1.8 Ma); ii) subsequent reactivation of these basement faults with dextral strike-slip motion (~ 1.8 Ma to present) simultaneously with continued tectonic accretion in the GCAW. These results exclude the possibility of ongoing active SWIM wrench system cross-cutting an inactive GCAW structure. Our results also support a new interpretation of the SWIM wrench system as fundamentally resulting from strike-slip reactivation of an old (Tethyan-related) plate boundary. Article in Journal/Newspaper North East Atlantic Unknown Marine Geology 289 1-4 135 149 |
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SWIM wrench system Gulf of Cadiz Accretionary Wedge (GCAW) thrust-wrench interference analog modeling Tethyan-related plate boundary geo envir Duarte, João, Rosas, Filipe, Terrinha, Pedro Gutscher, Marc-André, Malavielle, Jacques Silva, Sonia Matias, Luis Thrust-wrench interference tectonics in the Gulf of Cadiz (Africa-Iberia plate boundary in the North-East Atlantic): Insights from analog models |
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International audience In the Gulf of Cadiz key segment of the Africa-Iberia plate boundary (North-East Atlantic ocean), three main different modes of tectonic interference between a recently identified wrench system (SWIM) and the Gulf of Cadiz Accretionary Wedge (GCAW) were tested through analog sand-box modeling: a) An active accretionary wedge on top of a pre-existent inactive basement fault; b) An active strike-slip fault cutting a previously formed, inactive, accretionary wedge; and c) Simultaneous activity of both the accretionary wedge and the strike-slip fault. The results we obtained and the comparison with the natural deformation pattern favor a tectonic evolution comprising two main steps: i) the formation of the Gulf of Cadiz Accretionary Wedge on top of inactive, Tethyan-related, basement faults (Middle Miocene to ~ 1.8 Ma); ii) subsequent reactivation of these basement faults with dextral strike-slip motion (~ 1.8 Ma to present) simultaneously with continued tectonic accretion in the GCAW. These results exclude the possibility of ongoing active SWIM wrench system cross-cutting an inactive GCAW structure. Our results also support a new interpretation of the SWIM wrench system as fundamentally resulting from strike-slip reactivation of an old (Tethyan-related) plate boundary. |
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Instituto Dom Luiz Universidade de Lisboa (ULISBOA) Centro de Geologia Lisboa LNEG Unidade de Geologia Marinha School of Geosciences Monash University Clayton Domaines Océaniques (LDO) Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers-Institut d'écologie et environnement-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Géosciences Montpellier Université des Antilles et de la Guyane (UAG)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Faculdade de Ciencias |
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Thrust-wrench interference tectonics in the Gulf of Cadiz (Africa-Iberia plate boundary in the North-East Atlantic): Insights from analog models |
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Thrust-wrench interference tectonics in the Gulf of Cadiz (Africa-Iberia plate boundary in the North-East Atlantic): Insights from analog models |
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Thrust-wrench interference tectonics in the Gulf of Cadiz (Africa-Iberia plate boundary in the North-East Atlantic): Insights from analog models |
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Thrust-wrench interference tectonics in the Gulf of Cadiz (Africa-Iberia plate boundary in the North-East Atlantic): Insights from analog models |
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Thrust-wrench interference tectonics in the Gulf of Cadiz (Africa-Iberia plate boundary in the North-East Atlantic): Insights from analog models |
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thrust-wrench interference tectonics in the gulf of cadiz (africa-iberia plate boundary in the north-east atlantic): insights from analog models |
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