Active faults in Iberia

C Sanz de Galdeano, JM Azañón, J Cabral… - The geology of Iberia: A …, 2019 - Springer
The distribution of active faults in the Iberian Peninsula is not homogeneous, being mainly
present, but not only, in areas affected by the Alpine Orogeny. They are located in several …

Neogene to recent contraction and basin inversion along the Nubia‐Iberia boundary in SW Iberia

A Ramos, O Fernández, P Terrinha, JA Muñoz - Tectonics, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The SW of Iberia is currently undergoing compression related to the convergence between
Nubia and Iberia. Multiple compressive structures, and their related seismic activity, have …

Extension and inversion structures in the Tethys–Atlantic linkage zone, Algarve Basin, Portugal

A Ramos, O Fernández, P Terrinha… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract The Algarve Basin is a Meso-Cenozoic sedimentary basin overlying Carboniferous
basement, located in the southwestern margin of the Iberian Peninsula. Its structure reveals …

Active tectonics in Southern Portugal (SW Iberia) inferred from GPS data. Implications on the regional geodynamics

J Cabral, VB Mendes, P Figueiredo, AB da Silveira… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
A GPS-based crustal velocity field for the SW Portuguese territory (Algarve region, SW
Iberia) was estimated from the analysis of data from a network of campaign-style GPS …

The effect of sea level changes on fault reactivation potential in Portugal

MC Neves, J Cabral, K Luttrell, P Figueiredo… - Tectonophysics, 2015 - Elsevier
The aim of this study is to assess the impact of sea level changes on both the stress field and
the potential of fault reactivation in west Iberia. The analysis is applied to a set of five active …

Subsurface mapping in the Iberian Pyrite Belt using seismic reflection profiling and potential-field data

J Carvalho, C Inverno, JX Matos, C Rosa… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract The Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB) hosts world-class massive sulphide deposits, such as
Neves-Corvo in Portugal and Rio Tinto in Spain. In Portugal, the Palaeozoic Volcanic …

Loulé: the anatomy of a squeezed diapir, Algarve Basin, southern Portugal

I Davison, P Barreto… - Journal of the …, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The Loulé salt diapir grew through the Jurassic and Early Cretaceous, when tight subvertical
curtain folds were developed. It was then squeezed during the Alpine orogeny in the …

Holocene palaeoenvironmental changes in three lagoons on the Algarve coast of Portugal

C Trog, R Hempel, P Frenzel, R Mäusbacher - Palaeobiodiversity and …, 2015 - Springer
Three sediment cores from neighbouring estuaries along the Portuguese Algarve coast
were analysed for the comparison of grain-size distribution, geochemical composition and …

Tectonic framework of the barra de são joão graben, campos basin, brazil: Insights from gravity data interpretation

LB Adriano, PTL Menezes, AS Cunha - Interpretation, 2014 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The Barra de São João Graben (BSJG), shallow water Campos Basin, is part of the
Cenozoic rift system that runs parallel to the Brazilian continental margin. This system was …

Chapter 9 The Gulf of Cádiz continental shelves

FJ Lobo, P Le Roy, I Mendes… - … Society, London, Memoirs, 2014 - lyellcollection.org
The continental shelves fringing the Gulf of Cádiz are shallow-water environments of high
scientific interest as they record the complex interplay between competing sedimentary …