The evolution of the westernmost Mediterranean basins

LG de la Peña, CR Ranero, E Gràcia… - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Based on more than 4,500 km of new and re-processed multichannel seismic lines, high-
resolution seafloor bathymetry, available well data, and basement dredge samples, we have …

Geomorphological assessment as basic complement of InSAR analysis for landslide processes understanding

D Torre, JP Galve, C Reyes-Carmona, D Alfonso-Jorde… - Landslides, 2024 - Springer
Landslide research has benefited greatly from advances in remote sensing techniques.
However, the recent increase in available data on land surface movement provided by …

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 …

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 …

How much Nubia‐Eurasia convergence is accommodated by the NE end of the Eastern Betic Shear Zone (SE Spain)? Constraints from GPS velocities

MJ Borque, A Sánchez‐Alzola, I Martin‐Rojas… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We present the first GPS‐derived geodetic observations from the NE end of the Eastern
Betic Shear Zone obtained from the Bajo Segura GPS network (SE Spain). The network has …

High‐and low‐angle normal fault activity in a collisional Orogen: The Northeastern Granada Basin (Betic Cordillera)

A Madarieta‐Txurruka, J Galindo‐Zaldívar… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding active tectonics and seismicity in extensional settings requires the analysis of
high‐angle normal faults (HANFs) and the transfer of deformation at depth. The debate …

[HTML][HTML] The Campo de Dalias GNSS Network Unveils the interaction between roll-Back and indentation tectonics in the Gibraltar arc

J Galindo-Zaldivar, AJ Gil, V Tendero-Salmerón… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Gibraltar Arc includes the Betic and Rif Cordilleras surrounding the Alboran Sea; it is
formed at the northwest–southeast Eurasia–Nubia convergent plate boundary in the …

Imaging the growth of recent faults: The case of 2016–2017 seismic sequence sea bottom deformation in the Alboran Sea (Western Mediterranean)

J Galindo‐Zaldivar, G Ercilla, F Estrada, M Catalán… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Eurasian‐African NW‐SE oblique plate convergence produces shortening and
orthogonal extension in the Alboran Sea Basin (westernmost Mediterranean), located …

An evaporite‐bearing accretionary complex in the northern front of the Betic‐Rif orogen

F Pérez‐Valera, M Sánchez‐Gómez… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Guadalquivir Accretionary Complex forms a largely oblique prism at the
northern edge of the Betic‐Rif orogen, where Miocene sediments plus allochthonous …

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 …