Late extensional shear zones and associated recumbent folds in the Alpujarride subduction complex, Betic Cordillera, southern Spain
Orozco Fernández, Miguel (Universidad de Granada. Departamento de Geodinámica)
Alonso Chaves, Francisco Manuel (Universidad de Huelva. Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra)
Platt, J. P. (University of Southern California. Department of Earth Sciences)

Date:	2017
Abstract:	The existence in the Alpujarride Complex (Betic Cordillera, southern Spain) of a relatively continuous extensional event (following crustal thickening) is based on detailed structural studies and is consistent with the P-T paths and geochronological data established for the Alpujarride rocks. According to our research, the Alpujarride Complex contains two large-scale shear zones accommodating early Miocene extension. The shear zones contain km-scale recumbent folds, some with sheath fold geometry, and megaboudinage structures, and are closely associated with detachment faults. Large-scale folds and boudins cause dome-like undulations in the detachments, which are inferred to overlap in time with the deformation in the shear zones. One shear zone in the eastern part of the orogen is top-N; the other, in the western part, is top-E. The change in the shear direction may represent a temporal evolution in the direction of shear, possibly related to a change in the subduction direction in space and time.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Extensional shear zone ; Recumbent folds ; Alpujarride complex ; Betic cordillera
Published in:	Geologica acta, Vol. 15 Núm. 1 (march 2017) , p. 51-66 (Articles) , ISSN 1696-5728

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Adreça alternativa: https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/GEOACTA/article/view/GeologicaActa2017.15.1.5
DOI: 10.1344/GeologicaActa2017.15.1.5

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