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Salinas de Añana

ID #017
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Generic Data

Unique ID 17
Name Salinas de Añana
Structure type Evaporite diapir
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 Claystonestone-Marlstone-Gypsum
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) Holocene
Classification (Hudec and Jackson, 2009) Passive piercement
Classification (Jackson and Talbot, 1986) Salt stock
Mining activity? Y
Mining activity start Roman Empire
Mining activity end Active
Mining galleries? N
Mining products Potassium salt ; halite ; gypsum
Mining sub-products
Evaporite flow? Y
Age of evaporite flow Aptian – Active now
Flow or deformation triggering mechanisms Sierra Cantabria thrust
Flow-linked structures? Y
Halokinetic structures Normal Faults / Reverse faults / Progressive unconformities / Hook-type structures
Post-evaporite and pre-kinematic unit/s (overbuden) Jurassic (limestones and marls) and Lower Cretaceous (clastic deposits)
Syn-kinematic unit/s Albo-Cenomanian (Valmaseda Fm.) / Cenomanian (marls and limestones) / Turonian (Gárate limestones Fm.) / Middle-Upper Turonian (Zuazo marls Fm.) / Lower Coniacian (Subijana limestones) / Coniacian-Lower Santonian (Osma marls Fm.) / Santonian (marls and limestones) / Lower Miocene (Conglomerates, sandstones and marls)
Available seismic profiles SA-1 / SA-3 / SA-2 / P-23 / SA-4 / SA81-03 / ZU-1 / SA81-04 / SA-4 / SA-5 / ZU-2 / SA-2 / SA81-03 / ZU-4 / SA-3 / ZU-5 / SA81-01 / SA-1 / ZU-4 / SA81-02 / SA81-04
Available boreholes (Private Access): ANTEZANA-1 / POBES / SUBIJANA-3 / SUBIJANA-4
Additional comments Other seismic profiles (private access, carried out by CIEPS, Repsol and Elf Aquitania) are mapped in Frankovic et al. (2016)

Mining Data

UNIQUE_ID 17
Minning exploitations within <2km? Y
Historical/Active Historical (not indexed in the Spanish National Minning Cadastre)
Exploitation name #1 n.a.
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #1 n.a.
Municipality #1 n.a.
Province #1 n.a.
Company #1 n.a.
Main minning Products #1 Potassium salt ; halite ; gypsum
Exploitation name #2
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #2
Municipality #2
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Company #2
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Quantitative Data

UNIQUE_ID 17
Outcropping area (km2) 13.02254
Horizontal intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Depth of intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Max. Width (Km) 3.2
Max. Length (Km) 5.4
Max. Evaporites thickness (km) 1.5
Max. Deformation age (Ma) 113
Min. Deformation age (Ma) Active
Deformation stages 1

Reference Data

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Section source Frankovic, A., Eguiluz, L., Martínez-Torres, L. M., 2016. Geodynamic evolution of the Salinas de Añana diapir in the Basque-Cantabrian basin, western Pyrenees. Journal of Structural Geology, 83, 13-27. [link]
Well / Borehole availability #1 Frankovic, A., Eguiluz, L., Martínez-Torres, L. M., 2016. Geodynamic evolution of the Salinas de Añana diapir in the Basque-Cantabrian basin, western Pyrenees. Journal of Structural Geology, 83, 13-27. [link]
Well / Borehole availability #2 n.a.
Available data (Stratigraphy) #1 Robles, S., 2014. Evolución geológica de la Cuenca Vasco-Cantábrica. Geología de la Cuenca Vasco-Cantábrica. Bilbao: Servicio editorial de la Universidad del País Vasco, 9-104. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #2 Martínez-Torres, L. M., 1993. Corte balanceado de la Sierra Cantabria (cabalgamiento de la Cuenca Vasco-Cantábrica sobre la Cuenca del Ebro). Geogaceta, 14, 113-115. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #3 Bodego, A., Agirrezabala, L. M., 2013. Syn‐depositional thin‐and thick‐skinned extensional tectonics in the mid‐Cretaceous Lasarte sub‐basin, western Pyrenees. Basin Research, 25(5), 594-612. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #4 Frankovic, A., 2011. Analisis cinematico de la pared de sal Euskal Balea (Golfo de Vizcaya) y de los diapiros salinos de Salinas de Añana y Maestu (Cuenca Vasco-Cantabrica, Alava) [Ph.D thesis]: Universidad del País Vasco UPV-EHU, Bilbao. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #5 Eguiluz, L., Llanos, H., 1988. El diapiro de Salinas de A~nana: Un ejemplo de ascenso diapírico modificado por esfuerzos cizallantes. Actas II Congr. Geol. España 2, 131-134. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #6 García-Mondejar, J., Aguirrezabalaga, L.M., Aramburu, A., Fernandez-Mendiola, P.A., Gomez-Perez, I., Lopez-Horgue, M., Corrales, I., 1996. Aptian-albian tectonic pattern of the Basque-Cantabrian basin (Northern Spain). Geological Journal, 31, 13-45. [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 Frankovic, A., Eguiluz, L., Martínez-Torres, L. M., 2016. Geodynamic evolution of the Salinas de Añana diapir in the Basque-Cantabrian basin, western Pyrenees. Journal of Structural Geology, 83, 13-27. [link]
Seismic data availability #2 Roca, E., Muñoz, J.A., Ferrer, O., Ellouz, N., 2011. The role of the Bay of Biscay Mesozoic extensional structure in the configuration of the Pyrenean orogen: Constraints from the MARCONI deep seismic reflection survey. Tectonics, 30, 2. [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 Frankovic, A., 2011. Analisis cinematico de la pared de sal Euskal Balea (Golfo de Vizcaya) y de los diapiros salinos de Salinas de Añana y Maestu (Cuenca Vasco-Cantabrica, Alava) [Ph.D thesis]: Universidad del País Vasco UPV-EHU, Bilbao. [link]
Available data (Structure) #2 Frankovic, A., Eguiluz, L., Martínez-Torres, L. M., 2016. Geodynamic evolution of the Salinas de Añana diapir in the Basque-Cantabrian basin, western Pyrenees. Journal of Structural Geology, 83, 13-27. [link]
Available data (Structure) #3 García-Mondejar, J., Aguirrezabalaga, L.M., Aramburu, A., Fernandez-Mendiola, P.A., Gomez-Perez, I., Lopez-Horgue, M., Corrales, I., 1996. Aptian-albian tectonic pattern of the Basque-Cantabrian basin (Northern Spain). Geological Journal, 31, 13-45. [link]
Available data (Structure) #4 Rat, P., 1988. The Basque-Cantabrian basin between the Iberian and European plates; some facts but still many problems. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 1, 327–348. [link]
Available data (Structure) #5 Martínez-Torres, L. M., 1993. Corte balanceado de la Sierra Cantabria (cabalgamiento de la Cuenca Vasco-Cantábrica sobre la Cuenca del Ebro). Geogaceta, 14, 113-115. [link]
Available data (Structure) #6 Eguiluz, L., Llanos, H., 1988. El diapiro de Salinas de Añana: Un ejemplo de ascenso diapírico modificado por esfuerzos cizallantes. Actas II Congr. Geol. España 2, 131-134. [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., Casas i Ponsatí, A., Font i Castell, X., 1998. Diapiro de Salinas de Añana:¿ Un diapiro con un overhang? Modelo 3D gravimetrico. Estudios Geológicos, 54, 123-128. [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 González, C., Valverde, I., Lafuente, A. L., 2007. Mineralogical and geo-chemical characterization of a diapiric formation in the North of Spain. Catena, 70(3), 375-387. [link]
Available data (Geochemistry) #2 Reitner, J., 1986. A comparative study of the diagenesis in diapir-influenced reef atolls and a fault block reef platform in the Late Albian of the Vasco-Cantabrian Basin (Northern Spain). In Reef diagenesis (pp. 186-209). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. [link]
Available data (Geochemistry) #3 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) #4 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 (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 n.a.
IGME Geological Map (MAGNA50) Sheet number 137-Miranda de Ebro. [link]
Other Maps #1 (source) Perona, J., 2016. Mineralizaciones de Pb-Zn asociadas a los diapiros de Murguía y Orduña (Cuenca Vasco-Cantábrica) [PhD thesis]: Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, 281 pp. [link]
Other Maps #2 (source) Unknown source
Other related references #1 Roca, E., Ferrer, O., Rowan, M. G., Muñoz, J. A., Butillé, M., Giles, K. A., …, de Matteis, M., 2020. Salt tectonics and controls on halokinetic-sequence development of an exposed deepwater diapir: The Bakio Diapir, Basque-Cantabrian Basin, Pyrenees. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 104770. [link]
Other related references #2 Cámara, P., 2020. Inverted turtle salt anticlines in the eastern basque-cantabrian basin, Spain. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 104358. [link]
Other related references #3 Ruiz, M., Díaz, J., Gallart, J., Pulgar, J.A., González-Cortina, J.M., López, C., 2006. Seismotectonic constraints at the western edge of the Pyrenees: aftershock series monitoring of the 2002 February 21, 4.1 Lg earthquake. Geophysical Journal International, 166, 238–252. [link]
Other related references #4 Ruiz, M., Gallart, J., Díaz, J., Olivera, C., Pedreira, D., López, C., González-Cortina, J.M., Pulgar, J.A., 2006. Seismic activity at the western Pyrenean edge. Tectonophysics, 412, 217–235. [link]