Is there an active subduction beneath the Gibraltar orogenic arc? Constraints from Pliocene to present-day stress field

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 83-96

  Pedrera, A ^a   Ruiz Constan A ^b   Galindo Zaldivar J ^b,c   Chalouan, A ^d   Sanz de Galdeano, C ^c   Marin Lechado C ^a   Ruano, P ^b   Benmakhlouf, M ^e   Akil, M ^d   Lopez Garrido A C ^c   Chabli, A ^b   Ahmamou, M ^d   González Castillo, Lourdes ^b  

^a INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

^d MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^e FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Active tectonics; Betic and Rif Cordilleras; Gibraltar orogenic arc; Subduction zones; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; FRACTURE ORIENTATION; GEODYNAMICS; OROGENY; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PLIOCENE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRESS FIELD; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

BETIC CORDILLERA; GIBRALTAR; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MOROCCO; RIF; SPAIN;

EID: 79956078818     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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