Características geológicas de la Sierra de Quibas (Abanilla, Murcia): Su relación con un yacimiento paleontológico pleistoceno

• Autores: Miguel Angel Mancheño Jiménez, Juan Miguel Hernández Huescar, Tomás Rodríguez Estrella, Gregorio Romero Sánchez
• Localización: Geogaceta, ISSN 0213-683X, Nº. 35, 2003, págs. 115-118
• Idioma: español
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  • The Sierra de Quibas is mainly a Lower jurassic carbonated relief. Its main structure is a klippe of Middle Subbetic on Southern Prebetic. The internal structure is a NE-SW anticlinorium. Detailed geological mapping (E. 1 :25,000) has pointed to anomalous folds (almost N-S) caused by the halokinetic action of Triassic materials. Also has been detected a Neotectonic activity starting in the Upper Miocene with almost N-S stresses which have reactivated some faults; the N-S faults previously compressive are now distensive.

    In the SE edge of the Sierra de Quibas there is an important Pleistocene paleontological site in a karstic cave filled up with reddish detritic material within the Lower jurassic dolomites, controlled by NE-SW faults.