Sobre el origen de la fracturación de dirección NE-SW en la cuenca de Aínsa-Sierras Exteriores Aragonesas (Pirineo Central)
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Se analiza un sistema de fracturas en la transición entre la cuenca de Aínsa y las Sierras Exteriores (Pirineo Central). Se presenta el análisis estructural de la geometría y orientación de las fracturas a lo largo de tres unidades estratigráficas: La Fm. calcárea de Guara, la Fm. Sobrarbe y la Fm. Escanilla. La estructura general se caracteriza por un monoclinal de escala kilométrica infrayacente al cabalgamiento surpirenaico. La cartografía y el análisis de la fracturación permiten definir tres conjuntos principales: el primero presenta una dirección NE-SW, el segundo una dirección NW-SE y el último una dirección N-S. Los indicadores cinemáticos del conjunto N-S indican un claro movimiento dextral, y los rasgos cartográficos muestran que el conjunto NE-SW está constituido por fallas normales de fuerte buzamiento con bloques hundidos hacia el SE. Los principales conjuntos de fracturas (NE-SW y N-S) pueden interpretarse como un sistema de fallas conjugadas inicialmente direccionales en el que el eje σ1 se sitúa alrededor de 020. Posteriormente, estas fallas podrían haberse reactivado como normales debido a la tectónica salina relacionada con la extrusión del Triásico Superior hacia el diapiro de Naval.
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A fracture system found in the Aínsa basin-External Sierras (Central Pyrenees) area is here analysed. This study performs a structural analysis of fracture geometry and orientation along three stratigraphic units: The calcareous Guara Fm., the Sobrarbe Fm., and the Escanilla Fm. The general structure is characterised by a kilometer-scale monocline underlain by the South Pyrenean main thrust. The mapping and the analysis of fractures data allows to define three main sets: the first set presents a NE-SW direction, the second one a NW-SE direction and the last one a N-S direction. Kinematic indicators of the N-S set indicate a clear dextral movement, and cartographic features show that the NE-SW set is constituted by steeply-dipping normal faults with downthrown blocks to the SE. The main fracture sets (NE-SW and N-S) can be interpreted as an initially conjugate strike-slip system where the σ1 axis is located around 020. Subsequently, these faults could be reactivated as steeply-dipping normal faults due to salt tectonics related to extrusion of the Upper Triassic towards the Naval diapir.
A fracture system found in the Aínsa basin-External Sierras (Central Pyrenees) area is here analysed. This study performs a structural analysis of fracture geometry and orientation along three stratigraphic units: The calcareous Guara Fm., the Sobrarbe Fm., and the Escanilla Fm. The general structure is characterised by a kilometer-scale monocline underlain by the South Pyrenean main thrust. The mapping and the analysis of fractures data allows to define three main sets: the first set presents a NE-SW direction, the second one a NW-SE direction and the last one a N-S direction. Kinematic indicators of the N-S set indicate a clear dextral movement, and cartographic features show that the NE-SW set is constituted by steeply-dipping normal faults with downthrown blocks to the SE. The main fracture sets (NE-SW and N-S) can be interpreted as an initially conjugate strike-slip system where the σ1 axis is located around 020. Subsequently, these faults could be reactivated as steeply-dipping normal faults due to salt tectonics related to extrusion of the Upper Triassic towards the Naval diapir.







