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Estella

ID #026
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General Information

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Other comments Alignment of the Salinas del Oro, Anoz, Alloz, Estella, Ollo, Echalecu and Iza along the Pamplona fault. Estella and Alloz diapirs are connected by buried salt anticlines in one salt body (see Pinto et al., 2000, 2005).

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Generic Data

Unique ID 26
Name Estella
Structure type Evaporite-detached thrust
Deformed/Undeformed Deformed
Buried/Outcropping Outcropping
Geological setting Basque-Cantabrian Basin
Geological Regional Setting Navarra-Álava trough
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-Halite-Anhydrite-Claystone-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) Thrust piercement
Classification (Jackson and Talbot, 1986) Salt roller
Mining activity? N
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Mining activity end
Mining galleries?
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Evaporite flow? Y
Age of evaporite flow Berriasian – Albian (early stage) and Burdigalian – Tortonian (main stage)
Flow or deformation triggering mechanisms Thrust sheet with a southward motion
Flow-linked structures? Y
Halokinetic structures Progressive unconformities / normal and thrust faults / radial joints / thickness variations
Post-evaporite and pre-kinematic unit/s (overbuden) Jurassic (dolostones, marls and oolitic limestones)
Syn-kinematic unit/s Upper Weald facies (sandstones) / Aptian-middle Albian (Urgonian Group: marlstones, marly limestones, packstones, carbonate brecchias, rudistid limestones; Punta del Bakio Unit: turbidites, mudstones and carbonate grainstones) / Miocene (shales, sandstones and conglomerates)
Available seismic profiles ELZ-10 / P-25 / RI-74 / RI-41 / RI-49 / ELZ-84-05 / P-4 / RI-39 / ELZ-8 / RI-49 / ELZ84-08 / RI-48 / ELZ-84-05 / RI-45 / ELZ-10 / RI-69 / ELZ-7 / RI-74 / RI-41 / ALL-10 / ELZ-84-04
Available boreholes (Private Access): Estella-1 / Zufia-1 / Valle de Allín-1 / Alloz-1
Additional comments Alignment of the Salinas del Oro, Anoz, Alloz, Estella, Ollo, Echalecu and Iza along the Pamplona fault. Estella and Alloz diapirs are connected by buried salt anticlines in one salt body (see Pinto et al., 2000, 2005)

Mining Data

UNIQUE_ID 26
Minning exploitations within <2km? N
Historical/Active
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Quantitative Data

UNIQUE_ID 26
Outcropping area (km2) 10.78188
Horizontal intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Depth of intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Max. Width (Km) 3.5
Max. Length (Km) 6.3
Max. Evaporites thickness (km) 4
Max. Deformation age (Ma) 113
Min. Deformation age (Ma) 11
Deformation stages 1

Reference Data

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Section source Cámara, P., 2020. Inverted turtle salt anticlines in the eastern basque-cantabrian basin, Spain. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 104358. [link]
Well / Borehole availability #1 Cámara, P., 2020. Inverted turtle salt anticlines in the eastern basque-cantabrian basin, Spain. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 104358. [link]
Well / Borehole availability #2 Poprawski, Y., Basile, C., 2018. Long-lasting diapir growth history in the Basque-Cantabrian basin (Northern Spain): a review. Conference poster, Advances in Salt Tectonics: Observations, Applications, and Perspective: In Honor of Martin P.A. Jackson. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #1 Cámara, P., 2020. Inverted turtle salt anticlines in the eastern basque-cantabrian basin, Spain. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 104358. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #2 López-Horgue, M. A., Owen, H. G., Rodrı́guez-Lázaro, J., Fernández-Mendiola, P. A., Garcı́a-Mondéjar, J., 1999. Late Albian–Early Cenomanian stratigraphic succession near Estella-Lizarra (Navarra, central northern Spain) and its regional and interregional correlation. Cretaceous Research, 20(4), 369-402. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #3 Pflug, R., 1973. El diapiro de Estella. Munibe, Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales Aranzadi (San Sebastian), 25, 171-202. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #4 Pflug, R., Schöll, W. U., 1976. Un bloque de material jurásico metamorfizado en el Keuper del Diapiro de Estella (Navarra). Munibe. Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales Aranzadi (San Sebastian), 4, 349-353. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #5 Larrasoaña, J. C., Parés, J. M., Millán, H., Del Valle, J., Pueyo, E. L., 2003. Paleomagnetic, structural, and stratigraphic constraints on transverse fault kinematics during basin inversion: The Pamplona Fault (Pyrenees, north Spain). Tectonics, 22(6), 1-22. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #6 Poprawski, Y., Basile, C., 2018. Long-lasting diapir growth history in the Basque-Cantabrian basin (Northern Spain): a review. Conference poster, Advances in Salt Tectonics: Observations, Applications, and Perspective: In Honor of Martin P.A. Jackson. [link]
Regional Stratigraphy Pedrera, A., García‐Senz, J., Ayala, C., Ruiz‐Constán, A., Rodríguez‐Fernández, L. R., Robador, A., González Menéndez, L., 2017. Reconstruction of the exhumed mantle across the North Iberian Margin by crustal‐scale 3‐D gravity inversion and geological cross section. Tectonics, 36, 3155-3177. [link]
Seismic data availability #1 Cámara, P., 2020. Inverted turtle salt anticlines in the eastern basque-cantabrian basin, Spain. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 104358. [link]
Seismic data availability #2 Poprawski, Y., Basile, C., 2018. Long-lasting diapir growth history in the Basque-Cantabrian basin (Northern Spain): a review. Conference poster, Advances in Salt Tectonics: Observations, Applications, and Perspective: In Honor of Martin P.A. Jackson. [link]
Seismic data availability #3 Pedrera, A., García‐Senz, J., Ayala, C., Ruiz‐Constán, A., Rodríguez‐Fernández, L. R., Robador, A., González Menéndez, L., 2017. Reconstruction of the exhumed mantle across the North Iberian Margin by crustal‐scale 3‐D gravity inversion and geological cross section. Tectonics, 36, 3155-3177. [link]
Available data (Structure) #1 Cámara, P., 2020. Inverted turtle salt anticlines in the eastern basque-cantabrian basin, Spain. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 104358. [link]
Available data (Structure) #2 López-Horgue, M. A., Owen, H. G., Rodrı́guez-Lázaro, J., Fernández-Mendiola, P. A., Garcı́a-Mondéjar, J., 1999. Late Albian–Early Cenomanian stratigraphic succession near Estella-Lizarra (Navarra, central northern Spain) and its regional and interregional correlation. Cretaceous Research, 20(4), 369-402. [link]
Available data (Structure) #3 Pflug, R., 1973. El diapiro de Estella. Munibe, Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales Aranzadi (San Sebastian), 25, 171-202. [link]
Available data (Structure) #4 Riba i Arderiu, O., 1992. Las secuencias oblicuas en el borde Norte de la Depresión del Ebro en Navarra y la Discordancia de Barbarín. Acta geológica hispánica, 55-68. [link]
Available data (Structure) #5 Larrasoaña, J. C., Parés, J. M., Millán, H., Del Valle, J., Pueyo, E. L., 2003. Paleomagnetic, structural, and stratigraphic constraints on transverse fault kinematics during basin inversion: The Pamplona Fault (Pyrenees, north Spain). Tectonics, 22(6), 1-22. [link]
Available data (Structure) #6 Poprawski, Y., Basile, C., 2018. Long-lasting diapir growth history in the Basque-Cantabrian basin (Northern Spain): a review. Conference poster, Advances in Salt Tectonics: Observations, Applications, and Perspective: In Honor of Martin P.A. Jackson. [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 Pinto, V., Rivero, L., Ponsatí, A. C., 2000. Modelo gravimétrico de los diapiros de Estella y Alloz, y localización de nuevos diapiros no aflorantes en la zona sur de Atauri, Cubeta Alavesa. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 13(3), 529-538. [link]
Available data (Gravimetry – Tomography) #2 Pinto, V., Casas, A., Rivero, L., Torne, M., 2005. 3D gravity modeling of the Triassic salt diapirs of the Cubeta Alavesa (northern Spain). Tectonophysics, 405, 65-75. [link]
Available data (Gravimetry – Tomography) #3 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 (Geochemistry) #1 Iribar, V., Ábalos, B. 2011. The geochemical and isotopic record of evaporite recycling in spas and salterns of the Basque Cantabrian basin, Spain. Applied geochemistry, 26, 1315-1329. [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 Llamas, B., Castañeda, M. C., Laín, C., Pous, J., 2017. Study of the Basque–Cantabrian basin as a suitable region for the implementation of an energy storage system based on compressed air energy storage (CAES). Environmental Earth Sciences, 76(5), 204. [link]
Available data (Petrophysics) #2 Soto, R., Beamud, E., Roca, E., Carola, E., Almar, Y., 2017. Distinguishing the effect of diapir growth on magnetic fabrics of syn-diapiric overburden rocks: Basque-Cantabrian basin, Northern Spain. Terra Nova 29, 191-201. [link]
IGME Geological Map (MAGNA50) Sheet number 172-Allo. [link]
Other Maps #1 (source) DeFelipe, I., Álvarez Pulgar, F. J., & Pedreira Rodríguez, D., 2018. Crustal structure of the Eastern Basque-Cantabrian Zone-western Pyrenees: from the Cretaceous hyperextension to the Cenozoic inversion. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 31 (2), 69-82. [link]
Other Maps #2 (source) Pflug, R., 1973. El diapiro de Estella. Munibe, 25, 171-202. [link]
Other related references #1 Larrasoaña, J.C., Parés, J.M., del Valle, J., Millán, H., 2003. Triassic paleomagnetism from the Western Pyrenees revisited: implications for the Iberian-Eurasian Mesozoic plate boundary. Tectonophysics 362 (1–4), 161–182. [link]
Other related references #2 Ábalos, B., 2016. Geologic map of the Basque-Cantabrian Basin and a new tectonic interpretation of the Basque Arc. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 105, 2327-2354. [link]
Other related references #3 Rios, J. M., 1948. Mapa Geológico de la Zona Cántabro-Navarra con las chimeneas salinas diapíricas de Salinas de Rosío, Villasana de Mena, Orduña, Murguía, Salinas de Añana, Maestu, Estella, Lácar, Salinas de Oro, Goñi y Atondo (scale 1/300.000, 80 × 34 cm). In: “Diapirismo”. Boletín del Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, 60, pp 153–390. [link]
Other related references #4 Sanz, T., Lago, M., Gil, A., Galé, C., Ramajo, J., Ubide, T., Pocoví, A., Tierz, P., Larrea, P., 2013. The Upper Triassic alkaline magmatism in the NW Iberian Chain (Spain). Journal of Iberian Geology, 39, 202-222. [link]