Seismic and tectonic interpretation of the ESCI-Béticas and ESCI-Alborán deep seismic reflection profiles: structure of the crust and geodynamic implications
- R. Vegas 1
- J. T. Vazquez 2
- T. Medialdea 1
- E. Suriñach 3
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1
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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2
Universidad de Cádiz
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3
Universitat de Barcelona
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ISSN: 0214-2708
Year of publication: 1995
Volume: 8
Issue: 4
Pages: 449-460
Type: Article
More publications in: Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España
Abstract
The seismic and tectonic interpretation of the ESCI-Béticas and ESCI-Alborán deep seismic reflection profiles provides an overall image of the crust on the northern flank of the Betic-Rif orogenic system. In these interpretations, previous wide-angle refraction-reflection and MCS industrial profiles were used in order to identify the sequence of collisional-extensional events that built up the crust in this escape-type orogenic area. A model of convergence between the Iberian crust and the Alborán domain, including coeval extension due to lateral escape, is consistent with the data presented in this paper.