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Alcalá de la Selva

ID #085
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General Information

Structure type
Deformed/Undeformed
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Outcropping/buried
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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 Southern continuation of the Ababuj (ID #145) salt-cored anticline (where evaporitic Keuper rocks are not outcropping)

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Generic Data

Unique ID 85
Name Alcalá de la Selva
Structure type Evaporite-cored anticline
Deformed/Undeformed Deformed
Buried/Outcropping Outcropping
Geological setting Iberian Range
Geological Regional Setting Teruel-Jiloca Graben
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-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 Jurassic (early salt mobilization) ; Upper Valanginian-Upper Albian (main stage) ; Late Campanian-Early Oligocene (rejuvenation stage)
Flow or deformation triggering mechanisms Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous rift and Alpine inversion of listric normal faults
Flow-linked structures? Y
Halokinetic structures Thickness variations / progressive unconformities
Post-evaporite and pre-kinematic unit/s (overbuden) Late Cretaceous (Mosqueruela, Barranco de los Degollados, La Cañadilla and Fortanete Fms., limestones, dolostones and marlstones)
Syn-kinematic unit/s Early Jurassic (Cortes de Tajuña and Cuevas Labradas Fm., limestones and dolostones) ; Late Jurassic (Loriguilla, Higueruelas and Arzobispo Fms., limestones and sandy limestones) ; Hauterivian (El Castellar Fm., limestones and sandstones) ; Barremian (Camarillas, Artoles, Morella and Xert Fms., clays, sandstones, marlstones, limestones) ; Early Aptian (Forcall and Villaroya de los Pinares Fms., marlstones, limestones and nodular limestones) ; Late Aptian (Benassal Fm., marlstone, limestone, nodular limestone) Albian (Escucha and Utrillas Fms., sandstones and claystones) ; Paleogene (conglomerates and sandstones)
Available seismic profiles MA-16
Available boreholes
Additional comments Southern continuation of the Ababuj salt-cored anticline (where evaporitic Keuper rocks are not outcropping)

Mining Data

UNIQUE_ID 85
Minning exploitations within <2km? N
Historical/Active
Exploitation name #1
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Quantitative Data

UNIQUE_ID 85
Outcropping area (km2) 10.81645
Horizontal intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Depth of intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Max. Width (Km) 12.490926
Max. Length (Km) 2.92110173
Max. Evaporites thickness (km)
Max. Deformation age (Ma) 201
Min. Deformation age (Ma) 26
Deformation stages 4

Reference Data

UNIQUE_ID 85
Section source IGME MAGNA 50. SHEET 568 (ALCALÁ DE LA SELVA)
Well / Borehole availability #1 n.a.
Well / Borehole availability #2 n.a.
Available data (Stratigraphy) #1 Val, J., Aurell, M., Bádenas, B., Castanera, D., Subías, S., 2019. Cyclic carbonate–siliciclastic sedimentation in a shallow marine to coastal environment (latest Kimmeridgian–early Tithonian, Galve sub-basin, Spain). Journal of Iberian Geology, 45(1), 195-222. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #2 Campos-Soto, S., Benito, M. I., Cobos, A., Caus, E., Quijada, I. E., Suarez-Gonzalez, P., …, Alcalá, L., 2019. Revisiting the age and palaeoenvironments of the Upper Jurassic–Lower Cretaceous? dinosaur-bearing sedimentary record of eastern Spain: implications for Iberian palaeogeography. Journal of Iberian Geology, 1-40. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #3 Aurell, M., Bádenas, B., Gasca, J. M., Canudo, J. I., Liesa, C. L., Soria, A. R., …, Najes, L., 2016. Stratigraphy and evolution of the Galve sub-basin (Spain) in the middle Tithonian–early Barremian: implications for the setting and age of some dinosaur fossil sites. Cretaceous Research, 65, 138-162. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #4 Meléndez, N., Liesa, C. L., Soria, A. R., Meléndez, A., 2009. Lacustrine system evolution during early rifting: el Castellar formation (Galve sub-basin, Central Iberian Chain). Sedimentary Geology, 222(1-2), 64-77. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #5 Bover-Arnal, T., Moreno-Bedmar, J. A., Frijia, G., Pascual-Cebrian, E., Salas, R., 2016. Chronostratigraphy of the Barremian–Early Albian of the Maestrat Basin (E Iberian Peninsula): integrating strontium-isotope stratigraphy and ammonoid biostratigraphy. Newsletters on Stratigraphy, 49(1), 41-68. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #6 Embry, J. C., Vennin, E., Van Buchem, F. S. P., Schroeder, R., Pierre, C., Aurell, M., 2010. Sequence stratigraphy and carbon isotope stratigraphy of an Aptian mixed carbonate-siliciclastic platform to basin transition (Galve sub-basin, NE Spain). Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 329(1), 113-143. [link]
Regional Stratigraphy Vergés, J., Poprawski, Y., Almar, Y., Drzewiecki, P. A., Moragas, M., Bover‐Arnal, T., …, Hunt, D., 2020. Tectono‐Sedimentary Evolution of Jurassic‐Cretaceous diapiric structures: Miravete anticline, Maestrat Basin, Spain. Basin Research, 1-55. [link]
Seismic data availability #1 n.a.
Seismic data availability #2 n.a.
Seismic data availability #3 n.a.
Available data (Structure) #1 Vergés, J., Poprawski, Y., Almar, Y., Drzewiecki, P. A., Moragas, M., Bover‐Arnal, T., …, Hunt, D., 2020. Tectono‐Sedimentary Evolution of Jurassic‐Cretaceous diapiric structures: Miravete anticline, Maestrat Basin, Spain. Basin Research, 1-55. [link]
Available data (Structure) #2 Nebot M., Guimerà J. J., 2016. Structure of an inverted basin from subsurface and field data: the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous Maestrat Basin (Iberian Chain). Geologica acta, 14(2), 0155-177. [link]
Available data (Structure) #3 Roca, E., Guimerà, J., Salas, R., 1994. Mesozoic extensional tectonics in the southeast Iberian Chain. Geological Magazine, 131(2), 155-168. [link]
Available data (Structure) #4 Liesa, C. L., Casas, A. M., Simón, J. L., 2018. La tectónica de inversión en una región intraplaca: La Cordillera Ibérica. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 31(2), 23-50. [link]
Available data (Structure) #5 Simón, J. L., 2004. Superposed buckle folding in the eastern Iberian Chain, Spain. Journal of Structural Geology, 26(8), 1447-1464. [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 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 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 n.a.
Available data (Petrophysics) #2 n.a.
IGME Geological Map (MAGNA50) Sheet number 568-Alcalá de la Selva. [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) Gracia, A. C., Sainz, A. C., 2000. ¿Tiene el sistema de fosas de Teruel origen extensional?. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 13(3–4), 445-470. [link]
Other related references #1 Antolín-Tomás, B., Liesa, C. L., Casas, A., Gil-Peña, I., 2007. Geometry of fracturing linked to extension and basin formation in the Maestrazgo basin (Eastern Iberian Chain, Spain). Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 20(3-4), 351-365. [link]
Other related references #2 Climent Domènech, H., Bover, T., Caja, M. Á., 2007. Evolución sedimentaria y estructural del Cretácico inferior en el sector Benicàssim-Orpesa, Cadena Ibérica oriental. Geogaceta, 41, 47-50. [link]
Other related references #3 Salas, R., Guimerà, J., 1996. Rasgos estructurales principales de la cuenca cretácica inferior del Maestrazgo (Cordillera Ibérica oriental). Geogaceta, 20(7), 1704-1706. [link]
Other related references #4 Peropadre, C., Liesa, C. L., Meléndez, N., 2013. High-frequency, moderate to high-amplitude sea-level oscillations during the late Early Aptian: Insights into the Mid-Aptian event (Galve sub-basin, Spain). Sedimentary Geology, 294, 233-250. [link]