Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4690325 | Sedimentary Geology | 2010 | 27 Pages |
Abstract
The north-western domain of the Duero basin is interpreted to have been formed in response to the tectonic uplifting of the Cantabrian Mountains since Middle-Eocene times. Integration of the data concerning the surface and subsurface geology in this domain reveals that this basin edge behaved as a foreland basin during Cenozoic stages. The foredeep, with a depth of 2800Â m, is oriented east-west and has a sediment thickness of up to 3500Â m. The forebulge is located in the southwestern zone and represents an area of basement uplifting in which a minimum thickness of materials from the Cenozoic depositional sequences has accumulated.
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Authors
Antonio Herrero, Gaspar Alonso-Gavilán, Juan Ramón Colmenero,