Propuesta sismotectónica para la terminación oriental de la Zona de Fractura Azores – Gibraltar entre el Banco de Gorringe y el Banco del Guadalquivir
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Este trabajo describe la terminación oriental de la Zona de Fractura Azores-
Gibraltar y se propone, basándonos de datos sísmicos, la existencia de
una zona de “restraining bend” formada por fallas inversas de dirección NESO
y fallas E-O de desplazamiento en dirección. A partir de una revisión de
datos geológicos y geofísicos, incluyendo perfiles sísmicos de reflexión y el
registro instrumental de la sismicidad para el periodo 2004-2010, hemos
podido definir el citado “restraining bend” como una importante zona transpresiva
dextrorsa, con una forma romboidal -en planta-, ligada al límite actual
entre las placas Africana y Euroasiática, y comprendida entre la Falla
Gloria y el Arco de Gibraltar. La cinemática de las placas en dicho límite es
congruente con la orientación del patrón estimado para las trayectorias de
SH: NNO-SSE
This work describes the eastern part of the Azores-Gibraltar Fracture Zone and it proposes, mainly based on seismic data, the activity of a restraining bend consisting of NE-SW reverse faults and E-W-oriented strikeslip faults. A review of geological and geophysical data, including seismic reflection profiles and the use of catalogs of instrumental seismicity for the period 2004-2010, allow to define this restraining bend as a huge dextral transpression zone, with a rhomboidal shape in plan view, outlining the present- day boundary between the African and Eurasian plates at the segment comprised between the Gloria Fault and the Gibraltar Arc. The plate kinematics at this boundary is consistent with the estimated pattern of NNW-SSEtrending SH trajectories
This work describes the eastern part of the Azores-Gibraltar Fracture Zone and it proposes, mainly based on seismic data, the activity of a restraining bend consisting of NE-SW reverse faults and E-W-oriented strikeslip faults. A review of geological and geophysical data, including seismic reflection profiles and the use of catalogs of instrumental seismicity for the period 2004-2010, allow to define this restraining bend as a huge dextral transpression zone, with a rhomboidal shape in plan view, outlining the present- day boundary between the African and Eurasian plates at the segment comprised between the Gloria Fault and the Gibraltar Arc. The plate kinematics at this boundary is consistent with the estimated pattern of NNW-SSEtrending SH trajectories













