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Guadix-Baza

ID #101
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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)
Other comments Exceptionally gypsum-rich Keuper facies in this area.

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Generic Data

Unique ID 101
Name Guadix-Baza
Structure type Evaporite diapir
Deformed/Undeformed Deformed
Buried/Outcropping Outcropping
Geological setting Betic System
Geological Regional Setting Guadix-Baza Basin
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 Shale-Marlstone-Dolomite-Gypsum
Post-kinematic unit/s (or post-evaporite units when evaporites are undeformed) Pliocene (siltstones, sandstones, conglomerates) ; 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
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 Albian-Santonian
Flow or deformation triggering mechanisms Depocenter instability, differential loading
Flow-linked structures? Y
Halokinetic structures Normal faults / joints / progressive unconformities
Post-evaporite and pre-kinematic unit/s (overbuden) Lower Jurassic (limestones) ; Middle-Upper Jurassic (limestones, marly limestones, marlstones) ; Lower Cretaceous (Neocomian, marlstones and marly limestones)
Syn-kinematic unit/s Albian-Santonian (green marlstones, marly brecchias, marly limestones and sandstones)
Available seismic profiles
Available boreholes
Additional comments Exceptionally gypsum-rich Keuper facies in this area.

Mining Data

UNIQUE_ID 101
Minning exploitations within <2km? N
Historical/Active
Exploitation name #1
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #1
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Main minning Products #1
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Quantitative Data

UNIQUE_ID 101
Outcropping area (km2) 2.0533
Horizontal intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Depth of intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Max. Width (Km) 3.59852522
Max. Length (Km) 5.53419932
Max. Evaporites thickness (km)
Max. Deformation age (Ma) 113
Min. Deformation age (Ma) 84
Deformation stages 1

Reference Data

UNIQUE_ID 101
Section source IGME MAGNA 50. SHEET 993 (BENALUA DE GUADIX)
Well / Borehole availability #1 n.a.
Well / Borehole availability #2 n.a.
Available data (Stratigraphy) #1 Mingorance, J. S., 1994. Evolución sedimentaria y paleogeográfica durante el Mioceno superior en el borde Norte de la Cuenca de Guadix, Cordillera Bética Central. Estudios Geológicos, 50(1-2), 59-69. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #2 Aguilar, J. G., Martín, J. M., 2000. Late Neogene to recent continental history and evolution of the Guadix–Baza basin (SE Spain). Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 13(1), 65-77. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #3 Moretti, M., Soria, J. M., Alfaro, P., Walsh, N., 2001. Asymmetrical soft-sediment deformation structures triggered by rapid sedimentation in turbiditic deposits (Late Miocene, Guadix Basin, southern Spain). Facies, 44(1), 283-294. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #4 Ortí, F., Pérez-López, A., García-Veigas, J., Rosell, L., Cendón, D. I., Pérez-Valera, F., 2014. Sulfate isotope compositions (δ34S, δ18O) and strontium isotopic ratios (87Sr/86Sr) of Triassic evaporites in the Betic Cordillera (SE Spain). [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #5 Pujalte, V., Orue-Etxebarria, X., Apellaniz, E., Caballero, F., 2014. El Paleógeno inferior de los Montes Orientales, provincia de Granada, Zona Subbética: revisión y nuevos datos. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 27, 137-149. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #6 n.a.
Regional Stratigraphy IGME MAGNA50 SHEET 993-BENALUA DE GUADIX. [link]
Seismic data availability #1 n.a.
Seismic data availability #2 n.a.
Seismic data availability #3 n.a.
Available data (Structure) #1 Pujalte, V., Orue-Etxebarria, X., Apellaniz, E., Caballero, F., 2014. El Paleógeno inferior de los Montes Orientales, provincia de Granada, Zona Subbética: revisión y nuevos datos. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 27, 137-149. [link]
Available data (Structure) #2 Ortí, F., Pérez-López, A., García-Veigas, J., Rosell, L., Cendón, D. I., Pérez-Valera, F., 2014. Sulfate isotope compositions (δ34S, δ18O) and strontium isotopic ratios (87Sr/86Sr) of Triassic evaporites in the Betic Cordillera (SE Spain). [link]
Available data (Structure) #3 García-Tortosa, F. J., Alfaro, P., Galindo-Zaldívar, J., Gibert, L., López-Garrido, A. C., de Galdeano, C. S., Ureña, M., 2008. Geomorphologic evidence of the active Baza fault (Betic Cordillera, south Spain). Geomorphology, 97(3-4), 374-391. [link]
Available data (Structure) #4 Sanz de Galdeano, C., Delgado, J., Galindo-Zaldívar, J., Marín-Lechado, C., Alfaro, P., García-Tortosa, F. J., …, Gil, A. J., 2007. Anomalías gravimétricas de la cuenca de Guadix-Baza (Cordillera Bética, España). Boletín Geológico y Minero, 118 (4): 763-774. [link]
Available data (Structure) #5 de Galdeano, C. S., García-Tortosa, F. J., Peláez, J. A., Alfaro, P., Azañón, J. M., Galindo-Zaldívar, J., …, Ruano, P., 2012. Main active faults in the Granada and Guadix-Baza Basins (Betic Cordillera). Journal of Iberian Geology, 38(1), 209-223. [link]
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 Sanz de Galdeano, C., Delgado, J., Galindo-Zaldívar, J., Marín-Lechado, C., Alfaro, P., García-Tortosa, F. J., …, Gil, A. J., 2007. Anomalías gravimétricas de la cuenca de Guadix-Baza (Cordillera Bética, España). Boletín Geológico y Minero, 118 (4): 763-774. [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., Pérez-López, A., García-Veigas, J., Rosell, L., Cendón, D. I., Pérez-Valera, F., 2014. Sulfate isotope compositions (δ34S, δ18O) and strontium isotopic ratios (87Sr/86Sr) of Triassic evaporites in the Betic Cordillera (SE Spain). [link]
Available data (Geochemistry) #2 n.a.
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 993-Benalua de Guadix. [link]
Other Maps #1 (source) Permanyer, A., Jorge, R., Baudino, R., Gibert, L., 2016. Organic-rich shales from internal Betic basins (SE Spain): potential source rocks analogs for the pre-Messinian Salt play in the western Mediterranean. Geologica Acta, 14(4), 443-460. [link]
Other Maps #2 (source) Mingorance, J. S., 1994. Evolución sedimentaria y paleogeográfica durante el Mioceno superior en el borde Norte de la Cuenca de Guadix, Cordillera Bética Central. Estudios Geológicos, 50(1-2), 59-69. [link]
Other related references #1 Medina-Cascales, I., Martin-Rojas, I., García-Tortosa, F. J., Peláez, J. A., Alfaro, P., 2020. Geometry and kinematics of the Baza Fault (central Betic Cordillera, South Spain): insights into its seismic potential. Geologica Acta, 1-25. [link]
Other related references #2 n.a.
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