期刊
TECTONICS
卷 36, 期 6, 页码 1006-1036出版社
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1002/2016TC004414
关键词
accretionary complex; Betic orogen; Triassic; evaporites
资金
- Secretaria de Estado de I+D+I, Spain [CGL2012-33281, CGL2013-46368-P]
- CeacTierra-Universidad de Jaen
- Junta de Andalucia [RNM-0451]
- Junta de Andalucia Research Groups RNM [208, 325, 370]
The Guadalquivir Accretionary Complex forms a largely oblique prism at the northern edge of the Betic-Rif orogen, where Miocene sediments plus allochthonous evaporite-bearing units were accreted during the displacement of the Alboran Domain toward the west. Traditional interpretations end the tectonic structuring of the Betic Cordillera at the present topographic front, beyond which gravitational and/or diapiric processes would predominate. However, this study shows pervasive tectonic deformation in the outer prism with coherent oblique shortening kinematics, which is achieved through an alternation of roughly N-S arcuate thrust systems connected by E-W transfer fault zones. These structures accord well with the geophysical models that propose westward rollback subduction. The main stage of tectonic activity occurred in the early-middle Miocene, but deformation lasted until the Quaternary with the same kinematics. Evaporite rocks played a leading role in the deformation as evidenced by the suite of ductile structures in gypsum distributed throughout the area. S- and L- gypsum tectonites, scaly clay fabrics, and brittle fabrics coexist and consistently indicate westward motion (top to 290 degrees), with subordinate N-S contraction almost perpendicular to the transfer zones. This work reveals ductile tectonic fabrics in gypsum as a valuable tool to elucidate the structure and deformational history of complex tectonic melanges involving evaporites above the decollement level of accretionary wedges.
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