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The Campo de Dalias GNSS Network Unveils the Interaction between Roll-Back and Indentation Tectonics in the Gibraltar Arc
The Gibraltar Arc includes the Betic and Rif Cordilleras surrounding the Alboran Sea; it is formed at the northwest–southeast Eurasia–Nubia convergent plate boundary in the westernmost Mediterranean. Since 2006, the Campo de Dalias GNSS network has monitored active tectonic deformation of the most s...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8954893/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35336300 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s22062128 |
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author | Galindo-Zaldivar, Jesús Gil, Antonio J. Tendero-Salmerón, Víctor Borque, María J. Ercilla, Gemma González-Castillo, Lourdes Sánchez-Alzola, Alberto Lacy, María C. Estrada, Ferran Avilés, Manuel Alfaro, Pedro Madarieta-Txurruka, Asier Chacón, Fernando |
author_facet | Galindo-Zaldivar, Jesús Gil, Antonio J. Tendero-Salmerón, Víctor Borque, María J. Ercilla, Gemma González-Castillo, Lourdes Sánchez-Alzola, Alberto Lacy, María C. Estrada, Ferran Avilés, Manuel Alfaro, Pedro Madarieta-Txurruka, Asier Chacón, Fernando |
author_sort | Galindo-Zaldivar, Jesús |
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description | The Gibraltar Arc includes the Betic and Rif Cordilleras surrounding the Alboran Sea; it is formed at the northwest–southeast Eurasia–Nubia convergent plate boundary in the westernmost Mediterranean. Since 2006, the Campo de Dalias GNSS network has monitored active tectonic deformation of the most seismically active area on the north coast of the Alboran Sea. Our results show that the residual deformation rates with respect to Eurasia range from 1.7 to 3.0 mm/year; roughly homogenous west-southwestward displacements of the northern sites occur, while the southern sites evidence irregular displacements towards the west and northwest. This deformation pattern supports simultaneous east-northeast–west-southwest extension, accommodated by normal and oblique faults, and north-northwest–south-southeast shortening that develops east-northeast–west-southwest folds. Moreover, the GNSS results point to dextral creep of the main northwest–southeast Balanegra Fault. These GNNS results thus reveal, for the first time, present-day interaction of the roll-back tectonics of the Rif–Gibraltar–Betic slab in the western part of the Gibraltar Arc with the indentation tectonics affecting the eastern and southern areas, providing new insights for improving tectonic models of arcuate orogens. |
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spelling | pubmed-89548932022-03-26 The Campo de Dalias GNSS Network Unveils the Interaction between Roll-Back and Indentation Tectonics in the Gibraltar Arc Galindo-Zaldivar, Jesús Gil, Antonio J. Tendero-Salmerón, Víctor Borque, María J. Ercilla, Gemma González-Castillo, Lourdes Sánchez-Alzola, Alberto Lacy, María C. Estrada, Ferran Avilés, Manuel Alfaro, Pedro Madarieta-Txurruka, Asier Chacón, Fernando Sensors (Basel) Article The Gibraltar Arc includes the Betic and Rif Cordilleras surrounding the Alboran Sea; it is formed at the northwest–southeast Eurasia–Nubia convergent plate boundary in the westernmost Mediterranean. Since 2006, the Campo de Dalias GNSS network has monitored active tectonic deformation of the most seismically active area on the north coast of the Alboran Sea. Our results show that the residual deformation rates with respect to Eurasia range from 1.7 to 3.0 mm/year; roughly homogenous west-southwestward displacements of the northern sites occur, while the southern sites evidence irregular displacements towards the west and northwest. This deformation pattern supports simultaneous east-northeast–west-southwest extension, accommodated by normal and oblique faults, and north-northwest–south-southeast shortening that develops east-northeast–west-southwest folds. Moreover, the GNSS results point to dextral creep of the main northwest–southeast Balanegra Fault. These GNNS results thus reveal, for the first time, present-day interaction of the roll-back tectonics of the Rif–Gibraltar–Betic slab in the western part of the Gibraltar Arc with the indentation tectonics affecting the eastern and southern areas, providing new insights for improving tectonic models of arcuate orogens. MDPI 2022-03-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8954893/ /pubmed/35336300 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s22062128 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Galindo-Zaldivar, Jesús Gil, Antonio J. Tendero-Salmerón, Víctor Borque, María J. Ercilla, Gemma González-Castillo, Lourdes Sánchez-Alzola, Alberto Lacy, María C. Estrada, Ferran Avilés, Manuel Alfaro, Pedro Madarieta-Txurruka, Asier Chacón, Fernando The Campo de Dalias GNSS Network Unveils the Interaction between Roll-Back and Indentation Tectonics in the Gibraltar Arc |
title | The Campo de Dalias GNSS Network Unveils the Interaction between Roll-Back and Indentation Tectonics in the Gibraltar Arc |
title_full | The Campo de Dalias GNSS Network Unveils the Interaction between Roll-Back and Indentation Tectonics in the Gibraltar Arc |
title_fullStr | The Campo de Dalias GNSS Network Unveils the Interaction between Roll-Back and Indentation Tectonics in the Gibraltar Arc |
title_full_unstemmed | The Campo de Dalias GNSS Network Unveils the Interaction between Roll-Back and Indentation Tectonics in the Gibraltar Arc |
title_short | The Campo de Dalias GNSS Network Unveils the Interaction between Roll-Back and Indentation Tectonics in the Gibraltar Arc |
title_sort | campo de dalias gnss network unveils the interaction between roll-back and indentation tectonics in the gibraltar arc |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8954893/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35336300 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s22062128 |
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