Riaza Molina, C.2015-11-232015-11-231996http://hdl.handle.net/10272/11399In the off-shore area of the Asturian and Cantabrian provinces a mesozoic-cenozoic basin develops with an important thickness of the Upper Jurassic and lower Cretaceous series. The partial closure of the Biscay Bay during the Eocene caused a shortening of the series and produced a structural inversion of the Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous depocenters. The majority of the unsuccessful oil wells were drilled on the inverted anticlines located in this areaspaAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Españahttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/Structural inversionAsturian basinRegional geologyCantabrian basinOil explorationSantander arcBay of Biscayjournal articleopen access