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15 Jul 2016
Research article |
| 15 Jul 2016
Alpine tectonic wedging and crustal delamination in the Cantabrian Mountains (NW Spain)
Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Oviedo, Jesús Arias
de Velasco s/n, 33005 Oviedo, Spain
Javier A. Pulgar
Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Oviedo, Jesús Arias
de Velasco s/n, 33005 Oviedo, Spain
Josep Gallart
Instituto Ciencias Tierra Jaume Almera-CSIC, Lluís Solé
Sabarís s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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Short summary
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.
We present the interpretation of deep seismic reflection profile ESCIN-2 across the boundary...
