On the influence of Variscan inheritance on rifting of the Western Iberian margin

Autor(en)

Begona Amigo-Marx, Oscar Fernandez Bellon, Antonio Olaiz, Josep Poblet, Gonzalo Zamora

Abstrakt

The passive margin of Western Iberia (WIM) developed during the Mesozoic over the pre‐existing Variscan Orogen. In the present study we use integrated interpretation and modelling to understand the distribution of Variscan basement provinces in the offshore of Iberia. The NW‐SE trending fabric of the Variscan Orogen can be recognized in the WIM, and different Variscan basement provinces behaved differently during extension. Furthermore, major Variscan structures reactivated in extension, compartmentalizing rifting and having a major impact on the final architecture of the WIM.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Geologie

Externe Organisation(en)

Repsol S.A., Universidad de Oviedo

Journal

Terra Nova

Band

34

Seiten

424-432

Anzahl der Seiten

9

ISSN

0954-4879

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1111/ter.12595

Publikationsdatum

04-2022

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

105106 Geodynamik, 105124 Tektonik

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Geology

Link zum Portal

https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/de/publications/on-the-influence-of-variscan-inheritance-on-rifting-of-the-western-iberian-margin(9e545052-da86-49bc-b11f-b5b8d1dd359c).html