La Unidad Olistostrómica, una formación clave para entender la historia neógena de las Zonas Externas de la Cordillera Bética
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La Unidad Olistostrómica es una mezcla (mélange) de olistostromas, originados
por procesos de remoción en masa, y formaciones rotas o tectonosomas.
Puede incluir cualquier fragmento rocoso de la Cordillera Bética. Las
series pelíticas y yesíferas del Mesozoico y Terciario, son un componente más
de estas mezclas, que debido a su plasticidad han constituido niveles de despegue
tectónico, tanto en las fases compresivas de construcción del prisma,
como en las extensionales de desmantelamiento y exhumación del orógeno.
En el interior de esta brecha tectónica, es posible reconstruir secuencias olistostrómicas
sensu estricto, en las que se distinguen deslizamientos, avalanchas
y flujos de cantos, con un origen claramente gravitacional. En este trabajo,
se presentan las características de estas brechas, separando olistostromas
sensu estricto de tectonosomas.Además, se muestra el papel que ha
jugado esta unidad en el desplazamiento extensional de las Zonas Externas
hacia el Oeste
The Olistostromic unit is a mélange made of olistostromes, formed by mass wasting processes, and broke formations or tectonosomes. This unit could include almost all the rocks units founded in the Betic Cordillera. The Mesozoic and Tertiary sequences formed by silts and gypsums are an additional component of the mélange. This plastic rocks act as detachment levels during both the contractional events responsible of the cordillera prism accretion, and the extensional events linked to the orogen exhumation. Inside the broke formations, it is possible to distinguish gravitational olistostromic sequences including landslides, avalanches and debri flows. In this work we describe the main features of these formations differentiating olistostromes and tectonosomes. In addition, we discuss the role that this unit played during a westward extensional displacement of the Betic External Zones
The Olistostromic unit is a mélange made of olistostromes, formed by mass wasting processes, and broke formations or tectonosomes. This unit could include almost all the rocks units founded in the Betic Cordillera. The Mesozoic and Tertiary sequences formed by silts and gypsums are an additional component of the mélange. This plastic rocks act as detachment levels during both the contractional events responsible of the cordillera prism accretion, and the extensional events linked to the orogen exhumation. Inside the broke formations, it is possible to distinguish gravitational olistostromic sequences including landslides, avalanches and debri flows. In this work we describe the main features of these formations differentiating olistostromes and tectonosomes. In addition, we discuss the role that this unit played during a westward extensional displacement of the Betic External Zones







