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Altea

ID #057
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Other comments Diapirs of Parcent (ID #079) and Altea were pre-existing near-surface diapirs, controlled by Mesozoic normal faults, which were latterly squeezed during late Oligocene to Tortonian contraction. Altea diapir was extruded by the lateral migration of a pre-existing near-surface diapir associated with dextral transpression.

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Generic Data

Unique ID 57
Name Altea
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 Gypsum-Anhydrite-Mudstone-Sandstone
Post-kinematic unit/s (or post-evaporite units when evaporites are undeformed) Pliocene (conglomerates with carbonate matrix), Quaternary (alluvial and colluvial detrital deposits)
Post-kinematic unit/s age (or post-evaporite units when evaporites are undeformed) Pliocene-Holocene
Classification (Hudec and Jackson, 2009) Passive piercement / Thrust piercement
Classification (Jackson and Talbot, 1986) Salt wall
Mining activity? Y
Mining activity start –
Mining activity end –
Mining galleries? –
Mining products Limestone (other uses)
Mining sub-products –
Evaporite flow? Y
Age of evaporite flow Eocene (early stage) and Late Oligocene-Tortonian (late stage)
Flow or deformation triggering mechanisms Differential loading (early stage) and lateral migration of the pre-existing near-surface diapir associated with dextral transpression (late stage)
Flow-linked structures? Y
Halokinetic structures Reverse faults / anticline-syncline folding / progressive unconformities
Post-evaporite and pre-kinematic unit/s (overbuden) Lower Jurassic (limestones) ; Barremian-Albian (limestones, marls, micritic limestones) ; Upper Cretaceous (tabular limestones, marly limestones, calcarenites, dolostones)
Syn-kinematic unit/s Eocene (marlstones, marly limestones, limestones) ; Late Oligocene (limestones, carbonate brecchia) ; Aquitanian-Tortonian (shales, brecchias, carbonate brecchia, sandstone, calcariete)
Available seismic profiles RV15-V / RV-70V / RV-70V / RV-70-V / RV15-V / RV-70-V / RV-70V / RV-70V / RV-70V
Available boreholes ALGAR-2 / ALGAR-1 / PLA DE TEROL
Additional comments Diapir of Parcent and Altea were pre-existing near-surface diapirs, controlled by Mesozoic normal faults, which were latterly squeezing during late Oligocene to Tortonian contraction. was extruded by the lateral migration of a pre-existing near-surface diapir associated with dextral transpression.

Mining Data

UNIQUE_ID 57
Minning exploitations within <2km? Y
Historical/Active Active
Exploitation name #1 SERRETA MUXARA MONTE II
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #1 524
Municipality #1 Nucia (la)
Province #1 ALICANTE
Company #1 MIGUEL ZARAGOZA LLORET
Main minning Products #1 Limestone (other uses)
Exploitation name #2 LAS QUINTANES
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #2 594
Municipality #2 Altea
Province #2 ALICANTE
Company #2 GRAVERA QUINTANES, S.L.
Main minning Products #2 Limestone (other uses)
Exploitation name #3
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #3
Municipality #3
Province #3
Company #3
Main minning Products #3

Quantitative Data

UNIQUE_ID 57
Outcropping area (km2) 36.20787
Horizontal intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Depth of intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Max. Width (Km) 7.6570556
Max. Length (Km) 10.1830608
Max. Evaporites thickness (km) 3
Max. Deformation age (Ma) 56
Min. Deformation age (Ma) 8
Deformation stages 2

Reference Data

UNIQUE_ID 57
Section source Pedrera, A., Marín-Lechado, C., Galindo-Zaldívar, J., García-Lobón, J. L., 2014. Control of preexisting faults and near-surface diapirs on geometry and kinematics of fold-and-thrust belts (Internal Prebetic, Eastern Betic Cordillera). Journal of Geodynamics, 77, 135-148. [link]
Well / Borehole availability #1 n.a.
Well / Borehole availability #2 n.a.
Available data (Stratigraphy) #1 Hoentzsch, S., Scheibner, C., Brock, J. P., Kuss, J., 2013. Circum-Tethyan carbonate platform evolution during the Palaeogene: the Prebetic platform as a test for climatically controlled facies shifts. Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences, 22(6), 891-918. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #2 Guerrera, F., Martín-Martín, M., 2014. Paleogene-Aquitanian tectonic breakup in the eastern External Betic Zone (Alicante, SE Spain). Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 27, 271-286. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #3 Pedrera, A., Marín-Lechado, C., Galindo-Zaldívar, J., García-Lobón, J. L., 2014. Control of preexisting faults and near-surface diapirs on geometry and kinematics of fold-and-thrust belts (Internal Prebetic, Eastern Betic Cordillera). Journal of Geodynamics, 77, 135-148. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #4 del Olmo, W. M., Motis, K., Martín, D., 2015. El papel del diapirismo de la sal Triásica en la estructuración del Prebético (SE de España). Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 28(1), 3-24. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #5 Martín-Martín, M., Guerrera, F., Tramontana, M., 2020. Tectono-Sedimentary Evolution of the Cenozoic Basins in the Eastern External Betic Zone (SE Spain). Geosciences, 10(10), 394. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #6 Cater, J. M. L., 1987. Sedimentary evidence of the Neogene evolution of SE Spain. Journal of the Geological Society, 144(6), 915-932. [link]
Regional Stratigraphy Martín-Martín, M., Guerrera, F., Tramontana, M., 2020. Tectono-Sedimentary Evolution of the Cenozoic Basins in the Eastern External Betic Zone (SE Spain). Geosciences, 10(10), 394. [link]
Seismic data availability #1 Pedrera, A., Marín-Lechado, C., Galindo-Zaldívar, J., García-Lobón, J. L., 2014. Control of preexisting faults and near-surface diapirs on geometry and kinematics of fold-and-thrust belts (Internal Prebetic, Eastern Betic Cordillera). Journal of Geodynamics, 77, 135-148. [link]
Seismic data availability #2 n.a.
Seismic data availability #3 n.a.
Available data (Structure) #1 Pedrera, A., Marín-Lechado, C., Galindo-Zaldívar, J., García-Lobón, J. L., 2014. Control of preexisting faults and near-surface diapirs on geometry and kinematics of fold-and-thrust belts (Internal Prebetic, Eastern Betic Cordillera). Journal of Geodynamics, 77, 135-148. [link]
Available data (Structure) #2 Guerrera, F., Martín-Martín, M., 2014. Paleogene-Aquitanian tectonic breakup in the eastern External Betic Zone (Alicante, SE Spain). Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 27, 271-286. [link]
Available data (Structure) #3 del Olmo, W. M., Motis, K., Martín, D., 2015. El papel del diapirismo de la sal Triásica en la estructuración del Prebético (SE de España). Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 28(1), 3-24. [link]
Available data (Structure) #4 del Olmo, W. M., Verdú, G. L., Alba, J. S., 1986. La estructuración diapirica del Sector Prebético. Geogaceta, (1), 43-44. [link]
Available data (Structure) #5 Martín-Martín, M., Guerrera, F., Tramontana, M., 2020. Tectono-Sedimentary Evolution of the Cenozoic Basins in the Eastern External Betic Zone (SE Spain). Geosciences, 10(10), 394. [link]
Available data (Structure) #6 n.a.
Available data (Analogue modelling) #1 Callot, J. P., Jahani, S., Letouzey, J., 2007. The role of pre-existing diapirs in fold and thrust belt development. In Thrust belts and foreland basins (pp. 309-325). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. [link]
Available data (Analogue modelling) #2 n.a.
Available data (Analogue modelling) #3 n.a.
Available data (Gravimetry – Tomography) #1 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) #2 n.a.
Available data (Gravimetry – Tomography) #3 n.a.
Available data (Geochemistry) #1 Höntzsh, S., Scheibner, C., Brock, J. P., Kuss, J., 2013. Circum-Tethyan carbonate platform evolution during the Palaeogene: the Prebetic platform as a test for climatically controlled facies shifts. Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences, 22(6), 891-918. [link]
Available data (Geochemistry) #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 (Geochemistry) #3 n.a.
Available data (Geochemistry) #4 n.a.
Available data (Petrophysics) #1 n.a.
Available data (Petrophysics) #2 n.a.
IGME Geological Map (MAGNA50) Sheet number 848-Benidorm. [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) Martín-Martín, M., Guerrera, F., Tramontana, M., 2020. Tectono-Sedimentary Evolution of the Cenozoic Basins in the Eastern External Betic Zone (SE Spain). Geosciences, 10(10), 394. [link]
Other related references #1 Guerrera, F., Estévez, A., López-Arcos, M., Martín-Martín, M., Martín-Pérez, J. A., Serrano, F., 2006. Paleogene tectono-sedimentary evolution of the Alicante Trough (External Betic Zone, SE Spain) and its bearing on the timing of the deformation of the South-Iberian Margin. Geodinamica Acta, 19(2), 87-101. [link]
Other related references #2 García‐Veigas, J., Gibert, L., Cendón, D. I., Artiaga, D., Corbí, H., Soria, J. M., …, Sanz, E., 2020. Late Miocene evaporite geochemistry of Lorca and Fortuna basins (Eastern Betics, SE Spain): Evidence of restriction and continentalization. Basin Research, 32(5), 926-958. [link]
Other related references #3 Guerrera, F., Mancheño, M. A., Martín-Martín, M., Raffaelli, G., Rodríguez-Estrella, T., Serrano, F., 2014. Paleogene evolution of the External Betic Zone and geodynamic implications. Geologica Acta, 12(3), 171-192. [link]
Other related references #4 n.a.