Insights of active extension within a collisional orogen from GNSS (Central Betic Cordillera, S Spain)

I Martin‐Rojas, P Alfaro, J Galindo‐Zaldivar… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The coexistence of shortening and extensional tectonic regimes is a common feature in
orogenic belts. The westernmost end of the Western Mediterranean is an area undergoing …

[HTML][HTML] Seismogenic structures and active creep in the Granada Basin (S-Spain)

D Stich, J Morales, JÁ López-Comino, C Araque-Pérez… - Tectonophysics, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Granada Basin is a slowly deforming intramountain basin in the Betic
Cordillera (S-Spain). Despite historical and paleoseismological evidence for M6 …

The role of faults as barriers in confined seismic sequences: 2021 seismicity in the Granada Basin (Betic Cordillera)

A Madarieta‐Txurruka, L González‐Castillo… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Fault barriers are key structures for studying seismic hazard in regions of intense brittle
deformation. The interaction between fault sets affects their seismogenic behavior, if some of …

Seismic analysis of the 2020–2021 Santa Fe seismic sequence in the Granada Basin, Spain: Relocations and focal mechanisms

L Lozano, JV Cantavella, B Gaite… - Seismological …, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The 2020–2021 Santa Fe seismic sequence is the first well‐instrumented and
widely felt seismic series occurred in the Granada basin during the Spanish instrumental …

Subsurface imaging in urban areas with ambient noise using DAS and seismometer data sets: Granada, Spain

B Benjumea, B Gaite, M Schimmel… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) is an innovative technology with great potential for
acquiring seismic data sets in urban areas. In this work, we check the suitability of a DAS …

Active shortening simultaneous to normal faulting based on GNSS, geophysical, and geological data: The seismogenic Ventas de Zafarraya Fault (Betic Cordillera …

A Madarieta‐Txurruka, L González‐Castillo… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The central Betic Cordillera, southern Spain, is affected by an uplift related to the
NNW–SSE Eurasia‐Nubia convergence and shallow ENE–WSW orthogonal extension …

Pre‐Subduction Architecture Controls Coherent Underplating During Subduction and Exhumation (Nevado‐Filábride Complex, Southern Spain)

EM Poulaki, DF Stockli… - Geochemistry, Geophysics …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The interplay between structural and metamorphic processes operating along the deep
plate interface in subduction zones remains elusive as much of the geologic record is …

Upright emplacement of the Gibraltar slab and the origin of rifting in adjacent foreland and Backarc Basins

P Ma, S Liu, G Booth-Rea, H Zhang… - Communications Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
Back-arc basins in subduction systems usually form following discrete subduction-related
extension stages. However, in the westernmost Mediterranean, the initiation of Cenozoic …

[HTML][HTML] Active collapse in the central Betic Cordillera: Development of the extensional system of the Granada Basin

A Madarieta-Txurruka, JA Peláez, L González-Castillo… - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Betic Cordillera was formed by the collision between the Alboran Domain and the South
Iberian paleomargin in the frame of the NW–SE convergent Eurasia–Nubia plate boundary …

[HTML][HTML] New geological insights from legacy seismic sections: Decoding the Granada Basin (Spain)

CJ Araque-Pérez, F Mancilla, JA López-Comino… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2025 - Elsevier
Seismic surveys are crucial for investigating subsurface geological formations and require
significant logistical and economic resources. This study reuses legacy seismic surveys from …