MAIN GEOTECTONIC UNITS OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA and

Anticline

Syncline

Strike-slip fault

Volcanism N-Q :

Mesozoic volcanic rocks

Tertiary / QContinentalBasins(Hollow)

Diapir Province and“mud volcanoes”

Ossa MorenaZone

South Portugueseand AndévaloZone

Cenozoic Mesozoicand Paleozoic

Messejana-Plasencia dyke

Iberian Rangeand Catalanides

PyreneesAreas

N S

Betic Range

External and Internal.Zones (Mes.& Pal.)

< Tectofacies > Flysch Units

E.Z.

I.Z.

Vasco-CantabrianZone

Continentalbasins and Alpinechains

CantabrianZone

11

West-AsturianLeoneseZone

10

14 15 16

6 7 8

Mesozoic Cover little or nothing deformed

Mesozoic and Paleogene Cover of the Iberian Foreland

Normal fault

platform materials

Extensional fault continental margin

Significant thrusts Preferential transport

Alpine Orogeny

Extensional fault Extensional fault (normal / direct) or listric faultSignificant thrusts

Variscan Orogeny

Porphyric materials:Fm. “Ollo de Sapo” paragneiss glandular

Calcium-alkaline andpotassium volcanism

undifferentiated faultsupposed fault

Lava and piroclasts: basalt, trachyte, and other mafic volcanic materialsBasal Complexes: Ultra-basic intrusive rocks and felsic materials

CentralIberianZone

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Peridotites Serpentinite

cortical incrustation?

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Compiler by : A.Caballero I.A.C.T. (CSIC-UGR),2018

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Reviser: Carlos S. de Galdeano, CSIC/UGR

Iberian Foreland: 1 4 and 915Iberian Plateau: 13-14-15 more interior saws and basins

The sitution of contacts, tectonic elements and fossil is indicative

AZ

Axial Zone Pyrenees and

Catalan Coastal Range(Paleozoic Basement) more areas outside the Axial Z.

Gravitational andheterogeneus material, tectonic mélange or molasse

simplified compilation according to the current bibliography

simplified compilation according to the current bibliography

Jurassic

Movement of the oceanic crust

Oceanic dorsalin expansion

Olistostrome front atsubsoil and under sea

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Amphibolites, oldest rock of I.P.Polymetamorphic complex de 1160 Ma

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Mesozoic Cover little or nothing deformed

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Iberian Massif < 9 15 >Variscan Orogeny

Hercynian socket

Paleozoic and

Precambrian PC

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Olistostrome

M N/Q Mammals (Homo)

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Cenozoic: sandy sediments

Predominant materials: Edaphological meaning

calcareous rocks (sedimentary and metamorphic)Meso-Cenozoic Cobertera and Betic (E.Z.):

siliceous and calcareous

Betic(I.Z.) and S.P.Zone(15)

siliceous rocks (igneous and metamorphic)

Iberian Massif (9-15), A.Z. Pyrenees and

Catalan C.Range (16)

10ºW 8ºW 6ºW 4ºW 2ºW 2ºE 4ºE0º

4ºW 2ºW 2ºE 4ºE0º

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40ºN

38ºN

36ºN

42ºN

40ºN

38ºN

36ºN

AtlanticOcean

CanaryIslands

3718 m

24 Ma

15 Ma

12 Ma

9 Ma

2 Ma

1 Ma

37ºN

38ºN

37ºN

38ºN

18ºW 17ºW 16ºW 15ºW0 100km

17ºW 16ºW 15ºW 14ºW

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Gharb Basin

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Alboran Ridge

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Alboran Is.

significant tectonic, lithostratigraphic, paleontological and geomorphological characters

Iberian Range

Betic

Range

Betic

Range

A.Z.

Kabylias

Central System

E.Z.

I.Z.

Algerian Tell

Rif

Cantabrian

Pyrenean Range

Range

Guadalquivir Basin

Ebro Basin

Duero Basin

Tajo Basin

AFRICA FORELAND

Cape of Palos

A.Z.

Balearic Islands

Columbretes Islands

MAIN GEOTECTONIC UNITS OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA and Balearic IslandsCanary Islands

AtlanticOcean

Cantabrian SeaAquitanian Basin

Bay ofLyon

Gulf ofCadiz

Bay of Biscay

AlboranSea

Mediterranean

Sea

Cape of Creus

Cape Tortosa

Cape La Nao

Cape of Gata

Cape Peñas

CapeSan Vicente

CapeCarboeiro

CapeEspichel

Cape Finisterre

Lower Tajo

Basin

Oran

Melilla

Ceuta

GRANADA3483 m

Guadiana Basin

0 100 200km

Gibraltar Strait

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Pre-Pyrenees

MassifCentral

N

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S

NPZ

SPZ

Toledo Mountains

Galaico Massif

Coastal-Catalan

Range

Cape Ortegal

Bajo Alentejo

Annul.

Calam.

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Arqx.

Las Hoyas

Ang.

Amantis

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