MULTICHANNEL SEISMIC DATA IMAGING OF INVERSION TECTONICS OF THE ALBORAN RIDGE (WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN-SEA)

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BOURGOIS, J
MAUFFRET, A
AMMAR, A
DEMNATI, A
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[1] UNIV MOHAMMED 5,DEPT SCI TERRE,RABAT,MOROCCO
[2] OFF NATL RECH & EXPLOITAT PETROLIERES,RABAT,MOROCCO
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10.1007/BF02084921
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P [天文学、地球科学];
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07 ;
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The Alboran Ridge is an anticlinorium structure trending N65-degrees-E bounded by two main right lateral strike-slip fault systems, one north and one south. These transpressional features connect westward to a pull-apart zone where massive diapirism occurs. The orientation of the diapiric zone is N150-degrees-E. That orientation and the right lateral motion along the Alboran Ridge fit a N150-degrees-E convergent motion between African and Iberian plates. We suggest that the southern Alboran Basin evolved as an extensional stage from Burdigalian to Langhian and as a transpressional stage during Tortonian to present time.
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