ACCOMMODATION OF FAULT DISPLACEMENTS BY GRANITE DEFORMATION - AN EXAMPLE FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN IBERIAN MASSIF

Authors
SIMANCAS JF AZOR A MARTINEZPOYATOS D GONZALEZLODEIRO F CARO L
Citation
Jf. Simancas et al., ACCOMMODATION OF FAULT DISPLACEMENTS BY GRANITE DEFORMATION - AN EXAMPLE FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN IBERIAN MASSIF, Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Sciences de la terre et des planetes, 324(3), 1997, pp. 245-252
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Sciences de la terre et des planetes → ACNP
ISSN journal
12518050
Volume
324
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
245 - 252
Database
ISI
SICI code
1251-8050(1997)324:3<245:AOFDBG>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
The Azuaga Fault, whose strike separation and displacement are approxi mate to 40 and 20 km respectively, is one of the main faults in the SW Iberian Massif. The termination of this fault is spatially related to the Cardenchosa Granite. The solid-state deformation of this granite accommodates the majority of the strike displacement of the Azuaga Fau lt (approximate to 16 km out of a total of approximate to 20 km). The remaining 4 km of strike displacement can be easily accommodated by th e spray faults linking the Azuaga Fault and by distributed strain.