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Valls-Mora d’Ebre

ID #148
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General Information

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Evaporite unit/s age
Evaporite unit/s origin
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Classif. (Jackson and Talbot, 1986)
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Generic Data

Unique ID 148
Name Valls-Mora d’Ebre
Structure type Evaporite body
Deformed/Undeformed Deformed
Buried/Outcropping Outcropping
Geological setting Catalan Coastal Ranges
Geological Regional Setting SW Domain
Evaporite unit/s name 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 Marlstone-Gypsum-Red Claystonestone
Post-kinematic unit/s (or post-evaporite units when evaporites are undeformed) Lower Miocene (Conglomerates and claystones) ; Upper Miocene (Calcarenites, limestones, marlstones and marly limestones) ; Quaternary (alluvial and colluvial detrital deposits)
Post-kinematic unit/s age (or post-evaporite units when evaporites are undeformed) Lower Miocene-Holocene
Classification (Hudec and Jackson, 2009) No diapirism
Classification (Jackson and Talbot, 1986) No diapirism
Mining activity? Y
Mining activity start
Mining activity end Active
Mining galleries? N
Mining products Gravel and sand
Mining sub-products –
Evaporite flow? Y
Age of evaporite flow Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous (early stage) and Paleogene (main stage)
Flow or deformation triggering mechanisms Regional extension and differential tectonic block activity in the Catalan Coastal Ranges (early stage) and Alpine compression and range development (main stage)
Flow-linked structures? Y
Halokinetic structures Syncline-Anticline folding / thrust faults / Normal Faults
Post-evaporite and pre-kinematic unit/s (overbuden) Jurassic (dolostones, limestones and marlstones)
Syn-kinematic unit/s Upper Jurassic (black dolostones and limestones) ; Early Cretaceous (sandstones, marlstones and red claystones) ; Paleogene (red claystones, sandstones, marlstones and conglomerates)
Available seismic profiles 12E-ST-129
Available boreholes SE-4 (ARBOLI) / FALSET / PRADES / MORA DEL EBRO / MIRAVET-1 / MONTBLANC-1 / MORA DE EBRO-1
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Mining Data

UNIQUE_ID 148
Minning exploitations within <2km? Y
Historical/Active Active
Exploitation name #1 AITANA
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #1 300018
Municipality #1 Vilanova d’Escornalbou
Province #1 TARRAGONA
Company #1 EXCAVACIONES HERNÁNDEZ CASTILLO, SL
Main minning Products #1 Gravel and sand
Exploitation name #2 VILANOVA
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #2 2194
Municipality #2 Vilanova d’Escornalbou
Province #2 TARRAGONA
Company #2 ARCILLAS Y ARENAS REFRACTARIAS PANDOLS,S.A
Main minning Products #2 Sandstone
Exploitation name #3 MIRAMAR II
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #3 300005A
Municipality #3 Vilanova d’Escornalbou
Province #3 TARRAGONA
Company #3 ARCILLAS Y ARENAS REFRACTARIAS PANDOLS,S.A
Main minning Products #3 Sandstone

Quantitative Data

UNIQUE_ID 148
Outcropping area (km2) 154.62685
Horizontal intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Depth of intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Max. Width (Km) 22.0181826
Max. Length (Km) 62.37262
Max. Evaporites thickness (km) 0.4
Max. Deformation age (Ma) 160
Min. Deformation age (Ma) 28
Deformation stages 2

Reference Data

UNIQUE_ID 148
Section source IGME MAGNA 50. SHEET 471 (MORA D’EBRE)
Well / Borehole availability #1 Ortí, F., Salvany, J. M., Rosell, L., Castelltort, X., Inglès, M., Playà, E., 2018. Middle Triassic evaporite sedimentation in the Catalan basin: Implications for the paleogeographic evolution in the NE Iberian platform. Sedimentary geology, 374, 158-178. [link]
Well / Borehole availability #2 n.a.
Available data (Stratigraphy) #1 Ortí, F., Salvany, J. M., Rosell, L., Castelltort, X., Inglès, M., Playà, E., 2018. Middle Triassic evaporite sedimentation in the Catalan basin: Implications for the paleogeographic evolution in the NE Iberian platform. Sedimentary geology, 374, 158-178. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #2 García-Ávila, M., Mercedes-Martín, R., Juncal, M. A., Diez, J. B., 2020. New palynological data in Muschelkalk facies of the Catalan Coastal Ranges (NE of the Iberian Peninsula). Comptes Rendus. Géoscience, 352(6-7), 443-454. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #3 Escudero-Mozo, M. J., Márquez-Aliaga, A., Goy, A., Martín-Chivelet, J., López-Gómez, J., Márquez, L., …, Sánchez-Fernández, D., 2015. Middle Triassic carbonate platforms in eastern Iberia: evolution of their fauna and palaeogeographic significance in the western Tethys. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 417, 236-260. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #4 Ortí, F., Salvany, J. M., 1987. El Keuper de los Catalánides. Cuadernos de geología ibérica= Journal of iberian geology: an international publication of earth sciences, (11), 215-236. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #5 Arnal, I., Rovira, F. C., Márquez, L., Aliaga, A. M., de Porta, N. S., 2002. La plataforma carbonatada epeírica (Formaciones Imón e Isábena) del Triásico superior del Noreste de la Península Ibérica. Acta geológica hispánica, 4, 299-328. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #6 Mercedes-Martín, R., Arenas, C., Salas, R., 2014. Diversity and factors controlling widespread occurrence of syn-rift Ladinian microbialites in the western Tethys (Triassic Catalan Basin, NE Spain). Sedimentary Geology, 313, 68-90. [link]
Regional Stratigraphy Ortí, F., Salvany, J. M., 1987. El Keuper de los Catalánides. Cuadernos de geología ibérica= Journal of iberian geology: an international publication of earth sciences, (11), 215-236. [link]
Seismic data availability #1 n.a.
Seismic data availability #2 n.a.
Seismic data availability #3 n.a.
Available data (Structure) #1 Vargas, H., Gaspar-Escribano, J. M., López-Gómez, J., Van Wees, J. D., Cloetingh, S., de La Horra, R., Arche, A., 2009. A comparison of the Iberian and Ebro Basins during the Permian and Triassic, eastern Spain: A quantitative subsidence modelling approach. Tectonophysics, 474(1-2), 160-183. [link]
Available data (Structure) #2 Anadón, P., Cabrera, L., Guimerà, J., Santanach, P., 1985. Paleogene Strike-Slip Deformation and Sedimentation Along the Southeastern Margin of the Ebro Basin», Strike-Slip Deformation, Basin Formation, and Sedimentation, Kevin T. Biddle, Nicholas Christie-Blick. [link]
Available data (Structure) #3 Ortí, F., Salvany, J. M., 1987. El Keuper de los Catalánides. Cuadernos de geología ibérica= Journal of iberian geology: an international publication of earth sciences, (11), 215-236. [link]
Available data (Structure) #4 Izquierdo‐Llavall, E., Ayala, C., Pueyo, E. L., Casas‐Sainz, A. M., Oliva‐Urcia, B., Rubio, F., …, García‐Crespo, J., 2019. Basement‐cover relationships and their along‐strike changes in the linking zone (Iberian range, Spain): A combined structural and gravimetric study. Tectonics, 38(8), 2934-2960. [link]
Available data (Structure) #5 Juez-Larré, J., Andriessen, P. A. M., 2002. Post Late Paleozoic tectonism in the southern Catalan Coastal Ranges (NE Spain), assessed by apatite fission track analysis. Tectonophysics, 349(1-4), 113-129. [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 Izquierdo‐Llavall, E., Ayala, C., Pueyo, E. L., Casas‐Sainz, A. M., Oliva‐Urcia, B., Rubio, F., …, García‐Crespo, J., 2019. Basement‐cover relationships and their along‐strike changes in the linking zone (Iberian range, Spain): A combined structural and gravimetric study. Tectonics, 38(8), 2934-2960. [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., Salvany, J. M., Rosell, L., Castelltort, X., Inglès, M., Playà, E., 2018. Middle Triassic evaporite sedimentation in the Catalan basin: Implications for the paleogeographic evolution in the NE Iberian platform. Sedimentary geology, 374, 158-178. [link]
Available data (Geochemistry) #2 Juez-Larré, J., Andriessen, P. A. M., 2002. Post Late Paleozoic tectonism in the southern Catalan Coastal Ranges (NE Spain), assessed by apatite fission track analysis. Tectonophysics, 349(1-4), 113-129. [link]
Available data (Geochemistry) #3 n.a.
Available data (Geochemistry) #4 n.a.
Available data (Petrophysics) #1 Pueyo, E. L., Izquierdo-Llavall, E., Rodríguez-Pintó, A., Rey-Moral, C., Oliva-Urcia, B., Casas, A. M., …, García-Lobón, J. L. 2016. Petrophysical properties in the Iberian Range and surrounding areas (NE Spain): 1-density. Journal of Maps, 12(5), 836-844. [link]
Available data (Petrophysics) #2 n.a.
IGME Geological Map (MAGNA50) Sheet number 471-Mora de Ebro. [link] and 446-Valls. [link]
Other Maps #1 (source) Guimerà, J. J., 2018. Structure of an intraplate fold-and-thrust belt: The Iberian Chain. A synthesis. Geologica Acta, 16(4), 427-438. [link]
Other Maps #2 (source) Ortí, F., Salvany, J. M., 1987. El Keuper de los Catalánides. Cuadernos de geología ibérica= Journal of iberian geology: an international publication of earth sciences, (11), 215-236. [link]
Other related references #1 Sanz, T., Lago, M., Gil, A., Galé, C., Ubide, T., Larrea, P., …, Pocoví, A., 2012. Estratigrafía y petrología de la región volcánica del Baix Ebre (Tarragona): etapas y edad del magmatismo. Geogaceta, 52, 33-36. [link]
Other related references #2 n.a.
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Other related references #4 n.a.