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Evolution of the Iberian Massif as deduced from its crustal thickness and geometry of a mid-crustal (Conrad) discontinuity
Geology Department, Salamanca University, Salamanca 37008, Spain
José Ramón Martínez Catalán
Geology Department, Salamanca University, Salamanca 37008, Spain
Ana Martínez García
Geosciences Barcelona, CSIC, Lluis Solé i Sabaris, Barcelona
08028, Spain
Juan Alcalde
Geosciences Barcelona, CSIC, Lluis Solé i Sabaris, Barcelona
08028, Spain
Juvenal Andrés
Geology Department, Salamanca University, Salamanca 37008, Spain
Geosciences Barcelona, CSIC, Lluis Solé i Sabaris, Barcelona
08028, Spain
José Fernando Simancas
Geodynamics Department, Granada University, Granada 18071, Spain
Immaculada Palomeras
Geology Department, Salamanca University, Salamanca 37008, Spain
David Martí
Geosciences Barcelona, CSIC, Lluis Solé i Sabaris, Barcelona
08028, Spain
Lithica SCCL, Santa Coloma de Farners, Girona 17430,
Spain
Irene DeFelipe
Geosciences Barcelona, CSIC, Lluis Solé i Sabaris, Barcelona
08028, Spain
Chris Juhlin
Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University,
Uppsala 75236, Sweden
Ramón Carbonell
Geosciences Barcelona, CSIC, Lluis Solé i Sabaris, Barcelona
08028, Spain
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Short summary
Vertical incidence seismic profiling on the Iberian Massif images a mid-crustal-scale discontinuity at the top of the reflective lower crust. This feature shows that upper- and lower-crustal reflections merge into it, suggesting that it has often behaved as a detachment. The orogen-scale extension of this discontinuity, present in Gondwanan and Avalonian affinity terranes into the Iberian Massif, demonstrates its relevance, leading us to interpret it as the Conrad discontinuity.
Vertical incidence seismic profiling on the Iberian Massif images a mid-crustal-scale...
