Crustal-scale transcurrent fault development in a weak-layered crust from an integrated geophysical research: Carboneras Fault Zone, eastern Betic Cordillera, Spain

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Pedrera, Antonio ^a   Mancilla, Flor De Lis ^b   Ruiz Constán, Ana ^c   Galindo Zaldívar, Jesús ^b,d   Morales, José ^b   Arzate, Jorge ^e   Marín Lechado, Carlos ^a   Ruano, Patricia ^b,d   Buontempo, Luisa ^b   Anahnah, Farida ^b   Stich, Daniel ^b  

^a INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^d INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^e CENTRO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

crustal detachments; folds; magnetotelluric data; receiver function; strike slip fault

Indexed keywords

SEISMOLOGY; TELLURIC PROSPECTING;

CRUSTAL DETACHMENT; FOLDS; MAGNETOTELLURIC DATA; RECEIVER FUNCTION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

MAGNETOTELLURICS;

BOUGUER ANOMALY; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DATA INVERSION; DETACHMENT FAULT; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT ZONE; FOLDING; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; MOHO; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

ALMERIA [ANDALUCIA]; ANDALUCIA; BETIC CORDILLERA; SIERRA DE LOS FILABRES; SPAIN;

EID: 78650270250     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003274     Document Type: Article

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