The extent of penetrative Pyrenean deformation in the Ebro foreland BasinMagnetic fabric data from the eastern sector

  1. Parés, J.M. 1
  2. Anastasio, D. 2
  1. 1 Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana-CENIEH
  2. 2 Lehigh University. Earth and Environmental Sciences Department
Zeitschrift:
Geologica acta: an international earth science journal

ISSN: 1695-6133

Datum der Publikation: 2018

Titel der Ausgabe: . Special Issue: a tribute to Pere Santanach.

Ausgabe: 16

Nummer: 4

Seiten: 375-390

Art: Artikel

DOI: 10.1344/GEOLOGICAACTA2018.16.4.3 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDDD editor

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Zusammenfassung

We studied Cenozoic sedimentary rocks in the NE Ebro foreland Basin using the Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility (AMS) as a proxy for grain preferred orientation. Our new data, in combination with existing results, reveal that penetrative strain by layer-parallel shortening extends well beyond the Pyrenean thrust-wedge front into the Ebro foreland Basin, challenging the concept of the location of “deformation front” in the Southern Pyrenees. Penetrative strain, as revealed by the magnetic fabrics, seems to reach larger distances into the Ebro foreland Basin where stiffer layers constitute the main detachment level, whereas to the East strain dissipates closer to the deformation front when the detachment is mostly due to salt deposits.

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We thank the reviewers (Charles Aubourg and anonymous) and the editors (Josep M. Casas and Eduard Roca) for their helpful constructive comments and suggestions. Josep M. Parés would like to thank his former advisor Prof. Pere Santanach for all the enjoyable and fruitful days in the field, and the guidance that he gave him over the early stage of his career. Research partially funded by Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad (MINECO) Grant CGL2014-62296-EXP to JMP.