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ID #069
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General Information

Structure type
Deformed/Undeformed
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Outcropping/buried
Evaporite unit/s name
Evaporite unit/s age
Evaporite unit/s origin
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Classif. (Jackson and Talbot, 1986)
Age of evaporite flow or deformation (when deformed) ,
Other comments Evaporite extrusion favoured by local cover weakening caused by differential displacements of thrust sheets and enhanced by the presence of an evaporite-cored hanging-wall anticline (see i.e. Santolaria et al., 2014).

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Generic Data

Unique ID 69
Name Naval
Structure type Evaporite diapir
Deformed/Undeformed Deformed
Buried/Outcropping Outcropping
Geological setting Southern Pyrenees
Geological Regional Setting South Pyrenees Central Unit (Sierras Marginales; Boltaña-Balzes thrust sheet)
Evaporite unit/s name El Pont de Suert Fm. (Middle Muschelkalk and Keuper Facies)
Evaporite unit/s age Upper Anisian and Carnian-Rhaetian (Middle-Upper Triassic)
Evaporite unit/s era Mesozoic
Evaporite unit/s origin Marine
Evaporite unit/s composition Shale-Gypsum-Anhydrite-Ophites
Post-kinematic unit/s (or post-evaporite units when evaporites are undeformed)  Quaternary (alluvial and colluvial detrital deposits)
Post-kinematic unit/s age (or post-evaporite units when evaporites are undeformed) Pleistocene-Holocene
Classification (Hudec and Jackson, 2009) Passive piercement
Classification (Jackson and Talbot, 1986) Salt wall
Mining activity? N
Mining activity start
Mining activity end
Mining galleries?
Mining products
Mining sub-products
Evaporite flow? Y
Age of evaporite flow Lutetian-Priabonian (early stage) ; Late Oligocene-Early Miocene (late stage)
Flow or deformation triggering mechanisms Translation–rotation of the western end of the Sierras Marginales thrust sheet (early stage) and compression (late stage)
Flow-linked structures? Y
Halokinetic structures Progressive unconformities / Normal faults / Thickness variations
Post-evaporite and pre-kinematic unit/s (overbuden) Lower Jurassic (limestones, dolostones and shales) ; Upper Santonian-Maastrichtian (calcarenites and limestones) ; Maastrichian-Paleocene (Garumn Facies, carbonates and shales) ; Palaeocene-Lower Eocene (shallow marines carbonates) ; Upper Eocene-Oligocene (evaporites and detrital deposits)
Syn-kinematic unit/s Lutetian-Early Priabonian (marlstones, mudstones, limestones, sandstones) ; Late Oligocene-Early Miocene (alluvial fan conglomerates)
Available seismic profiles HU-21 / HU-10 / HU-13 / SP-54 / SP-54 / ND-96 / HU-28 / SP-54 / HU-22 / HU-10 / HU-26 / HU-21 / SP-54 / HU-28 / HU-19 / SP-54 / SP-54 / SP-54 / ND-96 / HU-13 /
Available boreholes
Additional comments Evaporite extrusion favoured by local cover weakening caused by differential displacements of thrust sheets and enhanced by the presence of an evaporite-cored hanging-wall anticline (see Santolaria et a., 2014)

Mining Data

UNIQUE_ID 69
Minning exploitations within <2km? N
Historical/Active
Exploitation name #1
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #1
Municipality #1
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Company #1
Main minning Products #1
Exploitation name #2
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Quantitative Data

UNIQUE_ID 69
Outcropping area (km2) 18.8354
Horizontal intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Depth of intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Max. Width (Km) 8.32071147
Max. Length (Km) 3.79292571
Max. Evaporites thickness (km) 2.9
Max. Deformation age (Ma) 47
Min. Deformation age (Ma) 20
Deformation stages 2

Reference Data

UNIQUE_ID 69
Section source Santolaria, P., Casas-Sainz, A. M., Soto, R., Pinto, V., Casas, A., 2014. The Naval diapir (Southern Pyrenees): Geometry of a salt wall associated with thrusting at an oblique ramp. Tectonophysics, 637, 30-44. [link]
Well / Borehole availability #1 Muñoz, J. A., Mencos, J., Roca, E., Carrera, N., Gratacós, O., Ferrer, O., Fernández, O., 2018. The structure of the South-Central-Pyrenean fold and thrust belt as constrained by subsurface data. Geologica Acta, 16(4), 439-460. [link]
Well / Borehole availability #2 Cámara, P., Flinch, J. F., 2017. The southern Pyrenees: a salt-based fold-and-thrust belt. In Permo-Triassic Salt Provinces of Europe, North Africa and the Atlantic Margins (pp. 395-415). Elsevier. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #1 Salvany, J. M., Bastida, J., 2004. Análisis litoestratigráfico del Keuper surpirenaico central. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 17(1), 3-26. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #2 Barnolas, A., Gil-Peña, I., 2001. Ejemplos de relleno sedimentario multiepisódico en una cuenca de antepaís fragmentada: La Cuenca Surpirenaica. Boletín Geológico y Minero, 112(3), 17-38. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #3 Cámara, P., Flinch, J. F., 2017. The southern Pyrenees: a salt-based fold-and-thrust belt. In Permo-Triassic Salt Provinces of Europe, North Africa and the Atlantic Margins (pp. 395-415). Elsevier. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #4 Santolaria, P., Luzon, A., Casas, A. M., Soto, R., 2015. Coupling far and near tectonic signals in syn-orogenic sediments: the Olvena growth strata (Sierras Marginales, southern Pyrenees). Geologica Acta, 13(4), 297-308. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #5 Muñoz, J. A., Mencos, J., Roca, E., Carrera, N., Gratacós, O., Ferrer, O., Fernández, O., 2018. The structure of the South-Central-Pyrenean fold and thrust belt as constrained by subsurface data. Geologica Acta, 16(4), 439-460. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #6 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]
Regional Stratigraphy Santolaria, P., Ayala, C., Pueyo, E. L., Rubio, F. M., Soto, R., Calvín, P., …, Casas‐Sainz, A. M., 2020. Structural and geophysical characterization of the western termination of the South Pyrenean triangle zone. Tectonics, 39(8), e2019TC005891. [link]
Seismic data availability #1 Santolaria, P., Casas-Sainz, A. M., Soto, R., Pinto, V., Casas, A., 2014. The Naval diapir (Southern Pyrenees): Geometry of a salt wall associated with thrusting at an oblique ramp. Tectonophysics, 637, 30-44. [link]
Seismic data availability #2 Cámara, P., Flinch, J. F., 2017. The southern Pyrenees: a salt-based fold-and-thrust belt. In Permo-Triassic Salt Provinces of Europe, North Africa and the Atlantic Margins (pp. 395-415). Elsevier. [link]
Seismic data availability #3 Santolaria, P., Casas-Sainz, A. M., Soto, R., Casas, A., 2017. Gravity modelling to assess salt tectonics in the western end of the South Pyrenean Central Unit. Journal of the Geological Society, 174(2), 269-288. [link]
Available data (Structure) #1 Santolaria, P., Casas-Sainz, A. M., Soto, R., Pinto, V., Casas, A., 2014. The Naval diapir (Southern Pyrenees): Geometry of a salt wall associated with thrusting at an oblique ramp. Tectonophysics, 637, 30-44. [link]
Available data (Structure) #2 Santolaria, P., Luzon, A., Casas, A. M., Soto, R., 2015. Coupling far and near tectonic signals in syn-orogenic sediments: the Olvena growth strata (Sierras Marginales, southern Pyrenees). Geologica Acta, 13(4), 297-308. [link]
Available data (Structure) #3 Santolaria, P., Casas-Sainz, A. M., Soto, R., Casas, A., 2017. Gravity modelling to assess salt tectonics in the western end of the South Pyrenean Central Unit. Journal of the Geological Society, 174(2), 269-288. [link]
Available data (Structure) #4 Cámara, P., Flinch, J. F., 2017. The southern Pyrenees: a salt-based fold-and-thrust belt. In Permo-Triassic Salt Provinces of Europe, North Africa and the Atlantic Margins (pp. 395-415). Elsevier. [link]
Available data (Structure) #5 Fernández, O., Muñoz, J. A., Arbués, P., Falivene, O., 2012. 3D structure and evolution of an oblique system of relaying folds: the Ainsa basin (Spanish Pyrenees). Journal of the Geological Society, 169(5), 545-559. [link]
Available data (Structure) #6 Muñoz, J. A., Mencos, J., Roca, E., Carrera, N., Gratacós, O., Ferrer, O., Fernández, O., 2018. The structure of the South-Central-Pyrenean fold and thrust belt as constrained by subsurface data. Geologica Acta, 16(4), 439-460. [link]
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 Santolaria, P., Casas-Sainz, A. M., Soto, R., Pinto, V., Casas, A., 2014. The Naval diapir (Southern Pyrenees): Geometry of a salt wall associated with thrusting at an oblique ramp. Tectonophysics, 637, 30-44. [link]
Available data (Gravimetry – Tomography) #2 Santolaria, P., Casas-Sainz, A. M., Soto, R., Casas, A., 2017. Gravity modelling to assess salt tectonics in the western end of the South Pyrenean Central Unit. Journal of the Geological Society, 174(2), 269-288. [link]
Available data (Gravimetry – Tomography) #3 Casas, A., Santolaria, P., Rivero, L., Casas-Sainz, A., Himi, M., Pinto, V., Sendrós, A., 2016. The gravity method: new challenges for delineation diapiric structures in north-east Spain. First Break, 34(8). [link]
Available data (Geochemistry) #1 Salvany, J. M., Bastida, J., 2004. Análisis litoestratigráfico del Keuper surpirenaico central. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 17(1), 3-26. [link]
Available data (Geochemistry) #2 n.a.
Available data (Geochemistry) #3 n.a.
Available data (Geochemistry) #4 n.a.
Available data (Petrophysics) #1 Santolaria, P., Casas, A. M., Soto, R., 2015. Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility as a proxy to assess internal deformation in diapirs: case study of the Naval salt wall (Southern Pyrenees). Geophysical Journal International, 202(2), 1207-1222. [link]
Available data (Petrophysics) #2 Santolaria, P., Casas-Sainz, A. M., Soto, R., Casas, A., 2017. Gravity modelling to assess salt tectonics in the western end of the South Pyrenean Central Unit. Journal of the Geological Society, 174(2), 269-288. [link]
IGME Geological Map (MAGNA50) Sheet number 249-Alquézar. [link]
Other Maps #1 (source) Muñoz, J. A., Mencos, J., Roca, E., Carrera, N., Gratacós, O., Ferrer, O., Fernández, O., 2018. The structure of the South-Central-Pyrenean fold and thrust belt as constrained by subsurface data. Geologica Acta, 16(4), 439-460. [link]
Other Maps #2 (source) Santolaria, P., Casas-Sainz, A. M., Soto, R., Casas, A., 2017. Gravity modelling to assess salt tectonics in the western end of the South Pyrenean Central Unit. Journal of the Geological Society, 174(2), 269-288. [link]
Other related references #1 Balaguer, J. F., Casas-Sainz, A. M., 2016. Estructura de la terminación occidental del cabalgamiento del Montsec (Pirineos Centrales). Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 29(2), 39-56. [link]
Other related references #2 Garrido, H. M., Morer, E. P., Cardona, M. A., Aguado, A. L., Urcia, B. O., Peña, B. M., 2000. Actividad tectónica registrada en los depósitos terciarios del frente meridional del Pirineo central. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 13(2), 279-300. [link]
Other related references #3 n.a.
Other related references #4 n.a.