Structure of the Alpujarrides on the southern and eastern border of the Sierra de Lújar
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https://doi.org/10.3989/egeol.90463-4452Keywords:
Alpujarride complex, NE shearing, Translation towards the North., Mylonites, Fault brecciasAbstract
The Alpujarride complex located to the South of the Sierra Nevada and extending between Motril and Adra is formed of five nappes, which in ascending order are: Lújar, Cástaras, Alcázar, Murtas and Adra. These five nappes display a structure that is the result of several overlapping events. Firstly, they reflect a process of ductile shearing associated with a mylonitic foliation and a mylonitic lineation with a N4üo E average orientation. Following this, an episode of translation towards the North has been recorded; this occurred under more superficial conditions and developed gouges and fault breccias. Associated with this episode are locally developed folds, which did not give rise to a mineral blastesis. Afterwards, the late deformations occurred, affecting the whole ofthe ensemble. Of these, the most important are those that originated folds with a N-S axis, verging towards the West and the normal faults. The extensional faults towards the South would be encompassed in this section
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1990-08-30
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Cuevas, J., Aldaya, F., Navarro-Vilá, F., & Tubía, J. M. (1990). Structure of the Alpujarrides on the southern and eastern border of the Sierra de Lújar. Estudios Geológicos, 46(3-4), 209–216. https://doi.org/10.3989/egeol.90463-4452
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