Deformación hercínica de la cuenca devono-carbonífera de Los Santos de Maimona (Badajoz): implicaciones en la estructura de la Zona de Ossa-Morena
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La cuenca de Los Santos de Maimona (Sur de la provincia de Badajoz),
con una acusada morfología elongada (3 x 25 km), está limitada por dos
grandes fallas subparalelas, que ponen en contacto los materiales volcanosedimentarios
que rellenan la cuenca (Devónico Superior – Carbonífero) con
el basamento neoproterozoico y Cámbrico Inferior. Dentro de la cuenca se reconoce
hacia el sureste una zona emergida, una zona de plataforma en la
parte central y unas facies de talud y de zonas más profundas en las áreas
occidentales. La orogenia hercínica cerró la cuenca devono-carbonífera con
la generación de pliegues apretados pero sin desarrollo de foliación. Estos
pliegues, de dirección NO-SE, muestran flancos con buzamientos elevados
(70º - 90º) al igual que los ejes (>50º). La restitución de la cartografía indica
que esta deformación tuvo lugar bajo un régimen transpresivo izquierdo,
que llevó asociado un salto lateral de al menos 15 km. La ausencia de foliación
indica que la cizalla pura que acompañó a la cizalla simple izquierda
no pudo ser muy importante. El modelo de deformación obtenido contrasta
enormemente con los modelos que asocian las cuencas carboníferas a frentes
sinorogénicos de grandes pliegues tumbados y mantos
The Los Santos de Maimona basin (South of the Badajoz province) is characterized by its strong elongated morphology (3 x25 km). The basin is bounded by two main subparallel faults that bring into contact the basin filling Upper Devonian to Carboniferous volcano-sedimentary units and the Neoproterozic to Low Cambrian basement. Within the basin, two zones are recognized from southeast to northwest: (i) an emerged zone in central sectors of the basin that passes gradually into a platform environment, and (ii) a deep zone in the northwestern sectors. The Variscan orogeny closed this Devono-Carboniferous basin generating tight folds with NW-SE trends. The limbs and axes of these folds present high plunge values (70° - 90°, and > 50°, respectively). The restitution of the cartography indicates that the deformation took place under a left transpressive regime that involved at least 15 km of lateral displacement. The model of deformation obtained is significantly different from previous models that associated the evolution of the Carboniferous basins with wide recumbent folds and synorogenic nappes
The Los Santos de Maimona basin (South of the Badajoz province) is characterized by its strong elongated morphology (3 x25 km). The basin is bounded by two main subparallel faults that bring into contact the basin filling Upper Devonian to Carboniferous volcano-sedimentary units and the Neoproterozic to Low Cambrian basement. Within the basin, two zones are recognized from southeast to northwest: (i) an emerged zone in central sectors of the basin that passes gradually into a platform environment, and (ii) a deep zone in the northwestern sectors. The Variscan orogeny closed this Devono-Carboniferous basin generating tight folds with NW-SE trends. The limbs and axes of these folds present high plunge values (70° - 90°, and > 50°, respectively). The restitution of the cartography indicates that the deformation took place under a left transpressive regime that involved at least 15 km of lateral displacement. The model of deformation obtained is significantly different from previous models that associated the evolution of the Carboniferous basins with wide recumbent folds and synorogenic nappes







