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Yecla

ID #010
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General Information

Structure type
Deformed/Undeformed
Geological Setting ,
Outcropping/buried
Evaporite unit/s name
Evaporite unit/s age
Evaporite unit/s origin
Classif. (Hudec and Jackson, 2009)
Classif. (Jackson and Talbot, 1986)
Age of evaporite flow or deformation (when deformed)
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Map (detail)

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Geological map

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Cross section

Location

Structure type (Hudec and Jackson, 2009)

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Regional Stratigraphy

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Other maps 1

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Other maps 2

Generic Data

Unique ID 10
Name Yecla
Structure type Evaporite diapir
Deformed/Undeformed Deformed
Buried/Outcropping Outcropping
Geological setting Betic System
Geological Regional Setting Pre-Betic Cordillera
Evaporite unit/s name Keuper facies
Evaporite unit/s age Carnian-Rhaetian (Upper Triassic)
Evaporite unit/s era Mesozoic
Evaporite unit/s origin Marine
Evaporite unit/s composition Claystone-Siltstone-Gypsum-Anhydrite-Halite
Post-kinematic unit/s (or post-evaporite units when evaporites are undeformed) Paleogene to Quaternary detrital deposits
Post-kinematic unit/s age (or post-evaporite units when evaporites are undeformed) Paleogene-Quaternary
Classification (Hudec and Jackson, 2009) Ductile piercement
Classification (Jackson and Talbot, 1986) Salt stock
Mining activity? N
Mining activity start
Mining activity end
Mining galleries?
Mining products
Mining sub-products
Evaporite flow? Y
Age of evaporite flow late Cretaceous – upper Miocene
Flow or deformation triggering mechanisms Jumilla fault
Flow-linked structures? Y
Halokinetic structures Anticline folding / radial joints
Post-evaporite and pre-kinematic unit/s (overbuden) Jurassic-Cretaceous carbonate cover
Syn-kinematic unit/s
Available seismic profiles
Available boreholes ARROYO PULIDO (ARROYO PALIDO-1) / ARROYO PULIDO (ARROYO PALIDO-1)
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Mining Data

UNIQUE_ID 10
Minning exploitations within <2km? N
Historical/Active
Exploitation name #1
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #1
Municipality #1
Province #1
Company #1
Main minning Products #1
Exploitation name #2
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #2
Municipality #2
Province #2
Company #2
Main minning Products #2
Exploitation name #3
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #3
Municipality #3
Province #3
Company #3
Main minning Products #3

Quantitative Data

UNIQUE_ID 10
Outcropping area (km2) 2.46449
Horizontal intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Depth of intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Max. Width (Km) 1.5
Max. Length (Km) 2.2
Max. Evaporites thickness (km) 0.2
Max. Deformation age (Ma) 2.5
Min. Deformation age (Ma) 1.5
Deformation stages 1

Reference Data

UNIQUE_ID 10
Section source IGME MAGNA 50. SHEET 845 (YECLA)
Well / Borehole availability #1 n.a.
Well / Borehole availability #2 n.a.
Available data (Stratigraphy) #1 Mancheño, M.A., Rodriguez-Estrella, T., 1985. Geología de los diapiros triásicos del nordeste de la provincia de Murcia. Estudios geológicos, 41, 189-200. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #2 Ortí, F., García-Veigas, J., Rossell, L., Jurado, M. J., Utrilla, R., 1996. Formaciones salinas de las cuencas triásicas en la Península Ibérica: Caracterización Petrológica y Geoquímica. Cuadernos de Geología Ibérica, 20, 13-35. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #3 Escosa, F. O., Ferrer, O., Roca, E., 2018. Geology of the Eastern Prebetic Zone at the Jumilla region (SE Iberia). Journal of Maps, 14(2), 77-86. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #4 n.a.
Available data (Stratigraphy) #5 n.a.
Available data (Stratigraphy) #6 n.a.
Regional Stratigraphy Escosa, F. O., Ferrer, O., Roca, E., 2018. Geology of the Eastern Prebetic Zone at the Jumilla region (SE Iberia). Journal of Maps, 14(2), 77-86. [link]
Seismic data availability #1 n.a.
Seismic data availability #2 n.a.
Seismic data availability #3 n.a.
Available data (Structure) #1 Mancheño, M.A., Rodriguez-Estrella, T., 1985. Geología de los diapiros triásicos del nordeste de la provincia de Murcia. Estudios geológicos, 41, 189-200. [link]
Available data (Structure) #2 Navarro-Hervás, F., Rodríguez-Estrella, T., 1985. Características morfoestructurales de los diapiros triásicos de Hellín, Ontur, la Celia, Jumilla, La Rosa y Pinoso, en las provincias de Albacete, Murcia y Alicante. Papeles de geografía, 10, 49-69. [link]
Available data (Structure) #3 n.a.
Available data (Structure) #4 n.a.
Available data (Structure) #5 n.a.
Available data (Structure) #6 n.a.
Available data (Analogue modelling) #1 n.a.
Available data (Analogue modelling) #2 n.a.
Available data (Analogue modelling) #3 n.a.
Available data (Gravimetry – Tomography) #1 Carbó Gorosábel, A., Castaño Fernández, S., 1995. Los afloramientos triásicos de la zona de confluencia de las Cordilleras Ibérica y Bética. Aportes de la gravimetría a su interpretación. Cuadernos de Geología Ibérica, 19, 235-248. [link]
Available data (Gravimetry – Tomography) #2 Ayala, C., Bohoyo, F., Maestro, A., Reguera, M. I., Torne, M., Rubio, F., Fernández, M., García-Lobón, J. L., 2016. Updated Bouguer anomalies of the Iberian Peninsula: a new perspective to interpret the regional geology. Journal of Maps, 12(5), 1089-1092. [link]
Available data (Gravimetry – Tomography) #3 n.a.
Available data (Geochemistry) #1 Ortí, F., García-Veigas, J., Rossell, L., Jurado, M. J., Utrilla, R., 1996. Formaciones salinas de las cuencas triásicas en la Península Ibérica: Caracterización Petrológica y Geoquímica. Cuadernos de Geología Ibérica, 20, 13-35. [link]
Available data (Geochemistry) #2 n.a.
Available data (Geochemistry) #3 n.a.
Available data (Geochemistry) #4 n.a.
Available data (Petrophysics) #1 Llamas, B., Castañeda, M. C., Laín, C., Pous, J., 2017. Study of the Basque–Cantabrian basin as a suitable region for the implementation of an energy storage system based on compressed air energy storage (CAES). Environmental Earth Sciences, 76(5), 204. [link]
Available data (Petrophysics) #2 n.a.
IGME Geological Map (MAGNA50) Sheet number 845-Yecla. [link]
Other Maps #1 (source) Escosa, F. O., Ferrer, O., Roca, E., 2018. Geology of the Eastern Prebetic Zone at the Jumilla region (SE Iberia). Journal of Maps, 14(2), 77-86. [link]
Other Maps #2 (source) Castaño Fernández, S., Carbó Gorosabel, A., 1995. Los afloramientos triásicos de la zona de confluencia de las Cordilleras Ibérica y Bética. Aportes de la gravimetría a su interpretación. Cuadernos de geología ibérica, (19), 235-248. [link]
Other related references #1 Martín-Chivelet, J., López-Gómez, J., Aguado, R., Arias, C., Arribas, J., Arribas, M. E., … , Casas-Sainz, A., 2019. The Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous Rifting. In (Quesada C., Oliveira J., eds.): The Geology of Iberia: A Geodynamic Approach. Regional Geology Reviews. Springer, Cham. [link]
Other related references #2 Ábalos, B., Alkorta, A., Iríbar, V., 2008. Geological and isotopic constraints on the structure of the Bilbao anticlinorium (Basque–Cantabrian basin, North Spain). Journal of Structural Geology, 30(11), 1354-1367. [link]
Other related references #3 n.a.
Other related references #4 n.a.