Origin of a restraining bend in an evolving strike-slip system: The Cenozoic As Pontes basin (NW Spain)

Origin of a restraining bend in an evolving strike-slip system: The Cenozoic As Pontes basin (NW Spain)

The As Pontes basin (12 km2), NW Iberian Peninsula, is bounded by a double restraining bend of a dextral strike-slip fault, which is related to the western onshore end of the Pyrenean belt. Surface and subsurface data obtained from intensive coal exploration and mining in the basin since the 1960s t...

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Main Authors: Pere F. Santanach i Prat, Bernat Ferrús, L. Cabrera, Alberto Sáez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Geociències Barcelona (Geo3BCN), Institut de Diagnosi Ambiental i Estudis de l'Aigua (IDAEA), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) 2005-01-01
Series:Geologica Acta
Subjects:
Strike-slip basement fault
Restraining bend basin models
Oligocene-Miocene
Iberian Peninsula.
Online Access:https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/GEOACTA/article/view/1867

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