Análisis estructural de la Falla de Santa María del Espino (Rama Castellana, Cordillera Ibérica): Transpresión debida a convergencia en dirección NNO-SSE
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2024
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Sociedad Geológica de España
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La Falla de Santa María del Espino se localiza en la Rama Castellana de la Cordillera Ibérica (CI). Se orienta en dirección NO-SE, buzando hacia el SO. Superpone, en su parte central, el basamento Paleozoico (pizarras y cuarcitas del Ordovícico y pizarras del Silúrico) sobre los materiales sedimentarios del Triásico (areniscas, arcillas y conglomerados del Buntsandstein). Se ha determinado la orientación y cinemática de las estructuras generadas por la falla en ambos bloques, que incluyen pliegues a distintas escalas, kink bands y un conjunto de fallas menores. Se han aplicado distintas técnicas de análisis estructural con objeto de determinar tanto la cinemática de la falla principal como la orientación de los ejes principales del esfuerzo. El resultado muestra la actuación de una transpresión lateral derecha triclínica, con una vorticidad cercana a la transición entre el dominio de la cizalla pura y de la cizalla simple, y una
convergencia NNO-SSE entre los bloques separados por la falla. La máxima compresión horizontal (S1) se sitúa en dirección NO-SE. Estos resultados confirman la naturaleza transpresiva de las estructuras de la Rama Castellana de la CI.
ABSTRACT: The Santa María del Espino Fault is located in the Castilian Branch of the Iberian Chain (IC). It is oriented in a NW-SE direction, dipping towards the SW. It superimposes, in its central part, the Paleozoic basement (slates and quartzites from the Ordovician and Silurian slates) on Triassic sedimentary materials (sandstones, clays and conglomerates from the Buntsandstein). The orientation and kinematics of the structures generated by the fault in both blocks have been determined, which include folds at different scales, kink bands, and a set of minor faults. Different structural analysis techniques have been applied to determine both the kinematics of the main fault and the orientation of the main stress axes. The result shows the activity of a triclinic dextral transpression, with a vorticity close to the transition between the pure shear- and simple shear-dominated fields, and an NNW-SSE convergence between the blocks separated by the fault. The azimuth of the maximum horizontal compression (1) is NW-SE. These results confirm the transpressive nature of the main structures of the Castilian Branch of the IC.
ABSTRACT: The Santa María del Espino Fault is located in the Castilian Branch of the Iberian Chain (IC). It is oriented in a NW-SE direction, dipping towards the SW. It superimposes, in its central part, the Paleozoic basement (slates and quartzites from the Ordovician and Silurian slates) on Triassic sedimentary materials (sandstones, clays and conglomerates from the Buntsandstein). The orientation and kinematics of the structures generated by the fault in both blocks have been determined, which include folds at different scales, kink bands, and a set of minor faults. Different structural analysis techniques have been applied to determine both the kinematics of the main fault and the orientation of the main stress axes. The result shows the activity of a triclinic dextral transpression, with a vorticity close to the transition between the pure shear- and simple shear-dominated fields, and an NNW-SSE convergence between the blocks separated by the fault. The azimuth of the maximum horizontal compression (1) is NW-SE. These results confirm the transpressive nature of the main structures of the Castilian Branch of the IC.
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