Role of inheritance during tectonic inversion of a rift system in basement-involved to salt-decoupled transition: analogue modelling and application to the Pyrenean–Biscay system
Jordi Miró,Oriol Ferrer,Josep Anton Muñoz,and Gianreto Manastchal
Jordi Miró
Institut de Recerca GEOMODELS, Departament de Dinàmica de la Terra i de l'Oceà, Facultat de Ciències de la Terra, Universitat de
Barcelona, Barcelona, 08028, Spain
Institut de Recerca GEOMODELS, Departament de Dinàmica de la Terra i de l'Oceà, Facultat de Ciències de la Terra, Universitat de
Barcelona, Barcelona, 08028, Spain
Josep Anton Muñoz
Institut de Recerca GEOMODELS, Departament de Dinàmica de la Terra i de l'Oceà, Facultat de Ciències de la Terra, Universitat de
Barcelona, Barcelona, 08028, Spain
Using the Asturian–Basque–Cantabrian system and analogue (sandbox) models, this work focuses on the linkage between basement-controlled and salt-decoupled domains and how deformation is accommodated between the two during extension and subsequent inversion. Analogue models show significant structural variability in the transitional domain, with oblique structures that can be strongly modified by syn-contractional sedimentation. Experimental results are consistent with the case study.
Using the Asturian–Basque–Cantabrian system and analogue (sandbox) models, this work focuses on...