Las unidades alpujárrídes y maláguides entre Cabo Cope y Cabo de Palos (Murcia, España)

Abstract

According to their stratigraphic characters and tectonic positions, the Alpujarride units existing in this area are reduced to three units "type" that, cited from bottom to top, are: Peñas Blancas, Cabo Tiñoso and Portman units. This last type of units show a clear intermediate character between the Alpujarride and Malaguide complexes. There are two Malaguide units in this area, that of Los Simones, in the eastern part, and that of Cabo Cope, in the western part