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Articles | Volume 7, issue 4
Articles | Volume 7, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-1043-2016
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Articles | Volume 7, issue 4
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15 Jul 2016
Research article |  | 15 Jul 2016

Alpine tectonic wedging and crustal delamination in the Cantabrian Mountains (NW Spain)

Jorge Gallastegui, Javier A. Pulgar, and Josep Gallart

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We present the interpretation of deep seismic reflection profile ESCIN-2 across the boundary between the Cantabrian Mountains and the Cenozoic Duero Basin (NW Spain). 2-D seismic modelling allowed us to construct a N-S geological cross section which is compatible with the rest of the geophysical data. This profile shows the importance of the N-S Alpine deformation. A wedge of Cantabrian margin crust indented southwards into the delaminated Iberian crust, forcing its northward subduction.
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