Resumen de Rasgos morfológicos de origen estructural en el margen continental de la Península Ibérica
Jerónimo López Martínez, Adolfo Maestro González, Estefanía Llave Barranco, Fernando Bohoyo Muñoz, Juan Acosta Yepes, Araceli Muñoz Recio, Gloria Jané Sánchez-Lafuente
The different types, origins and intensities of the tectonic processes that have affected the Iberian Continental Margin have led to the presence of various structural morphologies. In the Cantabrian and Galician margins the North-Atlantic Ocean, spreading has led to the development of large marginal platforms. The reactivations of Hercynian faults during the Mesozoic and Cenozoic have controlled the orientation of some of the largest canyons in the Iberian Margin. The Gulf of Cadiz Margin is characterized by the development of salt tectonic and vertical focused fluid flow related morphologies. The Alboran Sea Basin shows morphologies connected with the Miocene rift phase, which generated igneous volcanic edifices and various reliefs, and the subsequent compressive phase of the Upper Miocene to present, with development of folds and strike-slip, reverse faults, diapirs and mud volcanoes. Finally, the ValencianCatalan Margin and the Balearic Promontory are characterized by the presence of horst and graben structures related to the development of the Valencia Trough during the Paleogene.
