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ID #051
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General Information

Structure type
Deformed/Undeformed
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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 Bicorp-Quesa, Navarrés and Sellent salt wall segments constitute a continuous kinked salt wall of Middle to Upper Triassic evaporites, that crosses the central part of the Valencian domain. Salt wall development was preceded by a contractional deformation that folded and thrusted the Middle-Upper Triassic successions.

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Generic Data

Unique ID 51
Name Sellent
Structure type Evaporite diapir
Deformed/Undeformed Deformed
Buried/Outcropping Outcropping
Geological setting Betic System
Geological Regional Setting Pre-Betic Cordillera (Valencian domain)
Evaporite unit/s name Jarafuel, Manuel, Cofrentes, Quesa, Ayora and Imón Fms.
Evaporite unit/s age Carnian-Rhaetian (Upper Triassic)
Evaporite unit/s era Mesozoic
Evaporite unit/s origin Marine
Evaporite unit/s composition Gypsum-Mudstone-Dolostone-Sandstone
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? Y
Mining activity start –
Mining activity end –
Mining galleries? –
Mining products Limestone (other uses)
Mining sub-products –
Evaporite flow? Y
Age of evaporite flow Miocene
Flow or deformation triggering mechanisms Late Miocene thin-skinned extensional fault system
Flow-linked structures? Y
Halokinetic structures Normal high-angle faults / joints / thickness variations / progressive unconformities
Post-evaporite and pre-kinematic unit/s (overbuden) Jurassic (anhydrite, calcarenite, dolostones, marly limestones) ; Early Cretaceous (sandstones, dolostones, calcarenites) ; Late Cretaceous (sandstones, dolostones, marly dolostones, limestones)
Syn-kinematic unit/s Miocene (red and grey mudstones, sandstones, limestones, conglomerates)
Available seismic profiles
Available boreholes BARRANCO BONO / ALTOS RIEGOS / CAMINO DEL PINAR / PEDRERA-2 / PEDRERA / RINCON DE COTES / PLA
Additional comments Bicorp-Quesa, Navarrés and Sellent salt wall segments constitute a continuous kinked salt wall of Middle to Upper Triassic evaporites, that crosses the central part of the Valencian domain. Salt wall development was preceded by a contractional deformation that folded and thrusted the Middle-Upper Triassic successions.

Mining Data

UNIQUE_ID 51
Minning exploitations within <2km? Y
Historical/Active Active
Exploitation name #1 TOSSAL NEGRE
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #1 855
Municipality #1 Sellent
Province #1 VALENCIA
Company #1 AGLOMERADOS LOS SERRANOS S.A
Main minning Products #1 Limestone (other uses)
Exploitation name #2
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #2
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Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #3
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Quantitative Data

UNIQUE_ID 51
Outcropping area (km2) 12.64867
Horizontal intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Depth of intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Max. Width (Km) 3.33988943
Max. Length (Km) 7.80730861
Max. Evaporites thickness (km) 1.2
Max. Deformation age (Ma) 23
Min. Deformation age (Ma) 6
Deformation stages 1

Reference Data

UNIQUE_ID 51
Section source IGME MAGNA 50. SHEET 769 (NAVARRÉS)
Well / Borehole availability #1 n.a.
Well / Borehole availability #2 n.a.
Available data (Stratigraphy) #1 Gutiérrez, F., Sevil, J., Silva, P. G., Roca, E., Escosa, F., 2019. Geomorphic and stratigraphic evidence of Quaternary diapiric activity enhanced by fluvial incision. Navarrés salt wall and graben system, SE Spain. Geomorphology, 342, 176-195. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #2 Anadón, P., Robles, F., Roca, E., Utrilla, R., Vázquez, A., 1998. Lacustrine sedimentation in the diapir-controlled Miocene Bicorb Basin, eastern Spain. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 140(1-4), 217-243. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #3 Rubinat-Cabanas, M., 2012. Basement fault influence on the Bicorb-Quesa Salt Wall kinematics, insights from Magnetotelluric and Paleomagnetic techniques on Salt Tectonics [Ph.D. thesis]: Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, 169pp. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #4 Roca, E., Beamud, E., Rubinat, M., Soto, R., Ferrer, O., 2013. Paleomagnetic and inner diapiric structural constraints on the kinematic evolution of a salt-wall: The Bicorb-Quesa and northern Navarrés salt-wall segments case (Prebetic Zone, SE Iberia). Journal of Structural Geology, 52, 80-95. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #5 Navarro-Carrasco, Ó., Meléndez-Hevia, I., 2020. Geology and evolution of the Cortes de Pallás diapir (Eastern Iberia). Journal of Maps, 16(2), 625-637. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #6 López-Gómez, J., Alonso-Azcárate, J., Arche, A., Arribas, J., Barrenechea, J. F., Borruel-Abadía, V., Bourquin, S., Cadenas, P., Cuevas, J., De La Horra, R., Bienvenido, J., Escudero-Mozo, M.J., Fernández-Viejo, G. (…) & Díez, J. B., 2019. Permian-Triassic Rifting Stage. In: Quesada C., Oliveira J. (eds) The Geology of Iberia: A Geodynamic Approach. Regional Geology Reviews. Springer, Cham. [link]
Regional Stratigraphy IGME MAGNA50 SHEET (769-Navarrés). [link]
Seismic data availability #1 n.a.
Seismic data availability #2 n.a.
Seismic data availability #3 n.a.
Available data (Structure) #1 Roca, E., Beamud, E., Rubinat, M., Soto, R., Ferrer, O., 2013. Paleomagnetic and inner diapiric structural constraints on the kinematic evolution of a salt-wall: The Bicorb-Quesa and northern Navarrés salt-wall segments case (Prebetic Zone, SE Iberia). Journal of Structural Geology, 52, 80-95. [link]
Available data (Structure) #2 Rubinat-Cabanas, M., 2012. Basement fault influence on the Bicorb-Quesa Salt Wall kinematics, insights from Magnetotelluric and Paleomagnetic techniques on Salt Tectonics [Ph.D. thesis]: Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, 169pp. [link]
Available data (Structure) #3 Arche, A., López-Gómez, J., García-Hidalgo, J. F., 2002. Control climático, tectónico y eustático en depósitos del Carniense (Triásico Superior) del SE de la Península Ibérica. Journal of Iberian Geology, 28, 13-30. [link]
Available data (Structure) #4 Gutiérrez, F., Sevil, J., Silva, P. G., Roca, E., Escosa, F., 2019. Geomorphic and stratigraphic evidence of Quaternary diapiric activity enhanced by fluvial incision. Navarrés salt wall and graben system, SE Spain. Geomorphology, 342, 176-195. [link]
Available data (Structure) #5 Santisteban, C. D., Saiz, J., Ruiz Sánchez, F. J., Bello, D, 1990. Tectónica y sedimentación en el margen oeste del «rift» terciario del valle de Ayora-Cofrentes (Valencia). Geogaceta, 8, 44-47. [link]
Available data (Structure) #6 Silva, P. G., Giner-Robles, J. L., Elez, J., Rodríguez-Pascua, M. A., Perucha, M. A., Roquero, E., (…), Martínez-Graña, A., 2015. Tectonic geomorphology and volcanism in the Ayora-Cofrentes tectonic corridor, Valencia (Prebetic, SE Spain). XIV Reunión Nacional de Cuaternario, Granada, 162-166. [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 Rubinat-Cabanas, M., 2012. Basement fault influence on the Bicorb-Quesa Salt Wall kinematics, insights from Magnetotelluric and Paleomagnetic techniques on Salt Tectonics [Ph.D. thesis]: Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, 169pp. [link]
Available data (Gravimetry – Tomography) #2 Castaño-Fernández, S., Carbó-Gorosabel, A., 1995. Los afloramientos triásicos de la zona de confluencia de las Cordilleras Ibérica y Bética. Aportes de la gravimetría a su interpretación. Cuadernos de geología ibérica, (19), 235-248. [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 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 Soto, R., Beamud, E., Oliva-Urcia, B., Roca, E., Rubinat, M., Villalaín, J. J., 2014. Applicability of magnetic fabrics in rocks associated with the emplacement of salt structures (the Bicorb–Quesa and Navarrés salt walls, Prebetics, SE Spain). Tectonophysics, 629, 319-334. [link]
Available data (Petrophysics) #2 Roca, E., Beamud, E., Rubinat, M., Soto, R., Ferrer, O., 2013. Paleomagnetic and inner diapiric structural constraints on the kinematic evolution of a salt-wall: The Bicorb-Quesa and northern Navarrés salt-wall segments case (Prebetic Zone, SE Iberia). Journal of Structural Geology, 52, 80-95. [link]
IGME Geological Map (MAGNA50) Sheet number 769-Navarres. [link]
Other Maps #1 (source) Escosa, F. O., Ferrer, O., Roca, E., 2018. Geology of the Eastern Prebetic Zone at the Jumilla region (SE Iberia). Journal of Maps, 14(2), 77-86. [link]
Other Maps #2 (source) Rubinat-Cabanas, M., 2012. Basement fault influence on the Bicorb-Quesa Salt Wall kinematics, insights from Magnetotelluric and Paleomagnetic techniques on Salt Tectonics [Ph.D. thesis]: Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, 169pp. [link]
Other related references #1 Santisteban, C., Ruíz-Sánchez, F., Bello, D., 1989. Los depósitos lacustres del Terciario de Bicorp (Valencia). Acta geológica hispánica, 24(3), 299-307. [link]
Other related references #2 Ortí-Cabo, F., 1974. El Keuper del Levante español. Estudios Geológicos, 30. [link]
Other related references #3 n.a.
Other related references #4 n.a.