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Alpine Orogeny: Deformation and Structure in the Southern Iberian Margin (Betics s.l.)

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Abstract

Closure of the Tethys Ocean during the Neogene brought the Alborán Domain allochthonous terrane to collide with the paleomargins of both NW Africa and S Iberia. During the collision, parts of the South Iberian Domain were deformed by a thin-skinned thrust-and-fold system, while another part (Nevado-Filábride Complex) was subducted below the Alborán Domain and accreted below it after undergoing Alpine HP-LT metamorphism and ductile deformations. The Flysch Trough units are composed of deep marine sediments that were deformed by thin-skinned thrust-and-fold systems and thrust over the South Iberian Domain. Below the sea level, the Betic-Rif orogenic system extends westwards into the Gulf of Cádiz area where several orogenic wedges are thrust over the oceanic crust of both the African and the European plates.

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  3. Departamento de Mineralogía y Petrología, Universidad de Granada, Campus de Fuentenueva, 18071, Granada, Spain

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  4. Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Jaén and Unidad asociada al IACT (CSIC-UGR), Escuela Politécnica Superior de Linares, Campus Científico-Tecnológico de Linares, Avda. de la Universidad s/n, 23700, Linares, Jaén, Spain

    Vicente López Sánchez-Vizcaíno

  5. Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra (CSIC-UGR), Avda de Las Palmeras n° 4, 18100, Armilla, Granada, Spain

    Carlos J. Garrido

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Jabaloy Sánchez, A., Padrón-Navarta, J.A., Gómez-Pugnaire, M.T., López Sánchez-Vizcaíno, V., Garrido, C.J. (2019). Alpine Orogeny: Deformation and Structure in the Southern Iberian Margin (Betics s.l.). In: Quesada, C., Oliveira, J. (eds) The Geology of Iberia: A Geodynamic Approach. Regional Geology Reviews. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11295-0_10

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