Stratigraphic and tectonic evolution of the western Alboran Sea: Late miocene to recent |
| |
Authors: | A C Campillo A Maldonado A Mauffret |
| |
Institution: | (1) Instituto de Ciencias del Mar, CSIC, Paseo Nacional s/n, 08039 Barcelona, Spain;(2) Département de Géodynamique, Tectonique et Environment/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France |
| |
Abstract: | The western Alboran Sea contains three morphostructural domains: continental margins, structural highs, and basins, some with diapirs. Seven sequences from Tortonian to upper Quaternary, identified on airgun profiles, record a distinct set of depositional events. The tectonic evolution was influenced by the relative movement of the African and Iberian plates. Connections through the Atlantic/Mediterranean gateways and global sea level oscillations are recorded as major unconformities in the depositional record. A Neogene change in tectonic character from transtensional to transpressional regimes is postulated on the basis of changes in the regional stress field orientation. |
| |
Keywords: | |
本文献已被 SpringerLink 等数据库收录! |
|