La sucesión paleozoica y estructura del Sinclinal de Solana del Pino (Ciudad Real)

Abstract

The aim of this paper is keep up to date the lack of geological knowledge in a part of southern edge of the Centroiberian Zone. For that, is made the description of the lithological succession outcropping (Lower Paleozoic age) in the Solana del Pino Syncline, an important hercinian structure with WNW-ESE strike. Besides is studied the deformational processes that affected at this lithological succession. Two tectonic events are recognized. The first, was a flattering with N-S strike and caused widespread folding and the cleavage (S₁). The second event was a shortening with E-W strike, and its expression was heterogeneous. It caused interference cross-folding shapes and brittle sheared-bands. Nowadays, the geometry of syncline is the adding both tectonics events, the first generate for itself the great-fold and the second is responsible of the western shutting off and part of southern edge.