Foliación y fábricas magnéticas asociadas a interferencia de pliegues en la Zona Axial Pirenaica (La Seu d’Urgell, Lleida)
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La zona de estudio, en las inmediaciones de La Seu d’Urgell (Zona
Axial pirenaica), está constituida por una serie estratigráfica de rocas
Cambro-Ordovícicas, en su mayoría detríticas, donde la discordancia
Sarda se identifica claramente entre la Serie de Jujols y la Fm. Conglomerados de la Rabassa. Las principales estructuras son pliegues N-S
de plano axial subhorizontal que muestran una foliación asociada, bien
desarrollada en los niveles pelíticos (y claramente visibles en lámina
delgada) y pobremente desarrollada en los niveles de arenisca. En los
conglomerados suprayacentes a la discordancia Sarda (Fm. Conglomerados de la Rabassa) la foliación regional se caracteriza por tener sobreimpuestas bandas de cizalla conjugadas que rodean los clastos. Las
fábricas magnéticas (principalmente paramagnéticas) son coherentes
con las microestructuras observadas a pesar de que la correspondencia entre los ejes de las fábricas magnéticas y los ejes de las estructuras
observadas en el campo no es sencilla. El máximo de las direcciones de
lineación es bimodal (N-S y E-W), lo cual puede ser interpretado como el
resultado de una interferencia de pliegues (tipo 2 de Ramsay
The study area, in the vicinity of La Seu d’Urgell (Pyrenean Axial Zone), is composed of a stratigraphic series of Cambro-Ordovician rocks, mostly detrital, where the Sardic unconformity can be clearly identified, between the Jujols Series and Rabassa conglomerates Formation. The main structures are N-S folds with horizontal axial surfaces, that show an associated cleavage, well developed in the pelitic levels (and clearly distinguished in thin sections) and more poorly developed in the sandstone levels. In the conglomerates overlying the Sardic unconformity (Rabassa conglomerates Fm.) the regional cleavage is characterized by superposed conjugate shear bands surrounding the clasts. Magnetic fabrics (mainly paramagnetic) are consistent with the observed microstructures,although the correspondence of axes between the magnetic fabric and the structures observed in the field is not straightforward. The orientation of lineation directions are bimodal (N-S and E-W), a fact that can be interpreted as the result of fold interference (type 2 of Ramsay)
The study area, in the vicinity of La Seu d’Urgell (Pyrenean Axial Zone), is composed of a stratigraphic series of Cambro-Ordovician rocks, mostly detrital, where the Sardic unconformity can be clearly identified, between the Jujols Series and Rabassa conglomerates Formation. The main structures are N-S folds with horizontal axial surfaces, that show an associated cleavage, well developed in the pelitic levels (and clearly distinguished in thin sections) and more poorly developed in the sandstone levels. In the conglomerates overlying the Sardic unconformity (Rabassa conglomerates Fm.) the regional cleavage is characterized by superposed conjugate shear bands surrounding the clasts. Magnetic fabrics (mainly paramagnetic) are consistent with the observed microstructures,although the correspondence of axes between the magnetic fabric and the structures observed in the field is not straightforward. The orientation of lineation directions are bimodal (N-S and E-W), a fact that can be interpreted as the result of fold interference (type 2 of Ramsay)







