The structure of the Alboran Sea: an interpretation from seismological and geological data

Middle Pleistocene to Holocene geochronology of the River Aguas terrace sequence (Iberian Peninsula): Fluvial response to Mediterranean environmental change

“…1). It is located on the tectonically active eastern margin of the Betic Ranges (López Casado et al, 2001;Negredo et al, 2002;Booth-Rea et al, 2004;Gràcia et al, 2006). The Sorbas and Vera basins developed since the Middle Miocene as pullapart basins connected to the Alborán basin (Braga et al, 2003).…”

E–W opening of the Algerian Basin (Western Mediterranean)

“…A distance of 160 km separates the Hannibal Ridge from the Hamilcar magnetic anomaly, which may correspond to the boundary between the Provencal Basin and the Algerian Basin, whereas the oceanic area between the Hannibal Ridge and the Eastern Alboran Basin is 400 km wide. A present‐day zone of intermediate seismicity between 50 and 150 km depth crosses the Western Alboran Basin (Buforn et al ., 1997; Lopez Casado et al ., 2001), suggesting an almost vertical lithospheric slab. However, an apparent gap of seismicity between 0 and 50 km suggests a slab breakoff.…”

Present‐day stress field in the Gibraltar Arc (western Mediterranean)

“…Seismotectonic studies in the Gibraltar Arc indicate fault regimes that vary from normal to thrust faulting, with large strike‐slip faults affecting sectors of the Betics and Rif [e.g., Galindo‐Zaldívar et al , 1993; Buforn et al , 1995; López Casado et al , 2001; Stich et al , 2003]. These structures are thought to control most of the deformation in the southeastern Betics and East Alboran Basin during the Neogene [e.g., Andreux et al , 1971; Bousquet , 1979; Leblanc and Olivier , 1984; Weijermars , 1987; de Larouzière et al , 1988; Montenat , 1990; Sanz de Galdeano , 1990; Cloetingh et al , 1992; Montenat and Ott D'Estevou , 1995; Sanz de Galdeano et al , 1995; Morel and Meghraoui , 1996; Alvarez‐Marrón , 1999].…”