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    Estructura del cintur贸n de pliegues y cabalgamientos de Peralta, Rep煤blica Dominicana

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    En un corte geol贸gico completo de la parte centro-meridional de la Isla La Espa帽ola (Sur de la Rep煤blica Dominicana) se identifican las unidades que registran la evoluci贸n completa del margen Norte de la Placa del Caribe desde el Jur谩sico Superior. El corte incluye, de Norte a Sur, a las rocas que representan el antiguo oce谩no protocaribe帽o (Peridotitas de Loma Caribe y Fm Duarte; Jur谩sico Superior-Cret谩cico Inferior), las rocas del Arco Isla volc谩nico Primitivo (Cret谩cico Inferior), el Arco Isla Circum-Caribe帽o (Cret谩cico Superior-Eoceno), el Cintur贸n de pliegues y cabalgamientos de Peralta y la Cuenca ne贸gena de Azua. La estructura del corte geol贸gico consiste en un sistema de cabalgamientos imbricado con pliegues asociados, vergente al Sur, emplazado sobre la Cuenca de Azua. La secuencia de propagaci贸n de estructuras, se interpreta como una secuencia de emplazamiento de bloque inferior. Las primeras imbricaciones en el Arco Isla Circum-Caribe帽o se formaron posiblemente en el Eoceno Superior, coincidiendo con el dep贸sito de la Fm Ocoa en la cuenca frontal (Cintur贸n de Peralta). Esta formaci贸n es de marcado car谩cter sintect贸nico y su dep贸sito se asocia con un fuerte levantamiento de la zona axial de la Cordillera Central. El resto de los cabalgamientos del Arco Isla Circum-Caribe帽o se habr铆an formado a lo largo del Oligoceno, durante la propagaci贸n de la deformaci贸n hacia el antepa铆s. En el Mioceno Inferior todo este conjunto lleg贸 a superponerse al Cintur贸n de Peralta mediante su cabalgamiento frontal. El desarrollo de las estructuras en el Cintur贸n de Peralta llega hasta el Plio-Pleistoceno, ya que el cabalgamiento frontal del Cintr贸n de Peralta cobija a rocas de esta edad. A partir del Mioceno la evoluci贸n de los cabalgamientos coexiste con una tect贸nica de desgarre que progresivamente pasa a ser la tect贸nica dominante. En el Cintur贸n de Peralta los pliegues y cabalgamientos se desarrollan sobre series sedimentarias eocenas y oligocenas depositadas en un contexto de cuenca trasera de arco que son deformadas posteriormente por efecto de la inversi贸n de la subducci贸n de la par te nororiental de la Placa del Caribe. Durante el Ne贸geno, se interpreta que la indentaci贸n de la Cresta de Beata puede haber sido la causante de la formaci贸n del Cintur贸n de pliegues y cabalgamientos de Peralta. El l铆mite oriental de la Cresta de Beata ha podido actuar como un l铆mite trasformante que separa la subducci贸n en la fosa de los Muertos del Cintur贸n de Peralta. El Cintur贸n de Peralta constituye la unidad equivalente lateral del prisma de acreci贸n de Los Muertos y acumula parte del acortamiento ocurrido.Most of the geotectonic units involved in the evolution of the Northern part of the Caribbean Plate can be identified in a geological cross-section through the southern-central part of the Hispaniola Island (South of the Dominican Republic). The cross-section includes from N to S: remnants of the old Caribbean ocean (Loma Caribe Peridotites and Duarte Fm of Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous age), rocks of the Primitive volcanic Island Arc (Lower Cretaceous), the Circum-Caribbean Island Arc (Upper Cretaceous to Eocene), the Peralta thrust and fold Belt and the Azua Neogene Basin. The structure consists of an imbricate thrust system with associated folds, vergent towards the South, that overthrusts the Azua Basin. The thrust system evolved in a forward propagating sequence. The first thrust sheets of the Circum-Caribbean Island Arc possibly formed in Upper Eocene times during sedimentation of the Ocoa Fm in the foredeep (area of the Peralta Belt). Ocoa Fm has a syntectonic character and is associated with the uplift of the Central Mountain Range. Thrusting continued through Oligocene times progressing towards the South. By Lower Miocene times, the Circum-Caribbean Island Arc overthrusts the Peralta Belt (Frontal Thrust of the Tireo Fm). Thrusting in the Peralta Belt continued until Plio-Pleistocene times, as indicated by the age of the rocks in the footwall to the Peralta Belt Frontal Thrust. From Miocene times thrusting was coeval with wrenching that progressively became the dominant tectonic style in the region. The Eocene-Oligocene sedimentary sequences of the Peralta Belt were deposited in a back-arc basin that was subsequently deformed during the change in subduction direction that took place in the northeastern part of the Caribbean Plate in Neogene times. The Neogene Peralta Thrust and Fold Belt may be caused by the indentation of the Beata Ridge into the Circum-Caribbean Island Arc. In this context, the eastern part of the Beata Ridge may have acted as a transform boundary separating the Los Muertos trench from the Peralta Belt. The Peralta Belt accumulated part or all the shortening laterally equivalent to that in Los Muertos accretionary prism

    Metamorfismo y estructura de la Formaci贸n Maim贸n y los Complejos Duarte y R铆o Verde, Cordillera Central Dominicana: implicaciones en la estructura y la evoluci贸n del primitivo Arco Isla Caribe帽o

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    El Complejo Duarte, el Complejo R铆o Verde y las Formaciones de Maim贸n y Los Ranchos, constituyen el basamento metabas谩ltico pre Aptiense/Albiense del Cintur贸n Intermedio (CI) en la Isla de La Espa帽ola. En base a las asociaciones minerales presentes en las metabasitas y las condiciones P-T estimadas mediante termobarometr铆a, en el Complejo R铆o Verde es posible distinguir cuatro zonas metam贸rficas, desde la facies de prehnita-pumpellyta (Zona I) en la base estructural, a la de los esquistos verdes (Zonas II y III) y anfibol铆tica (Zona IVa), hasta la facies anfibol铆tica superior con clinopiroxeno (Zona IVb) a techo. Las asociaciones minerales en la Zona IVb son transicionales a la facies de las granulitas b谩sicas de baja-P y est谩n restringidas a las anfibolitas localizadas justo bajo el contacto tect贸nico con la Peridotita de Loma Caribe suprayacente. El gradiente metam贸rfico de campo en el Complejo R铆o Verde es invertido y de baja-P. Las trayectorias P-T deducidas para rocas de la Zonas IVa y IVb implican dos episodios metam贸rficos: (a) un calentamiento en condiciones de baja-P aproximadamente isob谩ricas, t铆pico de una suela metam贸rfica subofiol铆tica; y (b) la superposici贸n de asociaciones de media-P, siguiendo un gradiente progrado de alta-P. Estas trayectorias se interpretan como el resultado de un cabalgamiento intraoce谩nico durante el cierre de una cuenca de tras-arco y el inicio de la subducci贸n de las unidades componentes del Primitivo Arco Isla Caribe帽o en el Aptiense/Albiense, que produce las asociaciones de mayor presi贸n. En el sector estudiado, el Complejo Duarte se subdivide en tres zonas metam贸rficas, desde la parte alta de la facies de los esquistos verdes (Zona A), a la facies de las anfibolitas y anfibolitas epid贸ticas (Zona B), hasta la facies anfibol铆tica superior transicional a la facies granul铆tica (Zona C). El gradiente metam贸rfico de campo es normal y aparentemente de media-P (25-30潞 C/km). Los niveles estructurales m谩s bajos del complejo est谩n ocupados por el batolito de noritas y gabro-noritas de la Jautia, que ha desarrollado en zonas de cizalla d煤ctil asociaciones sincinem谩ticas de granulitas con Grt+Opx. La edad de 89 Ma obtenida para las intrusiones de tonalitas foliadas (U-Pb en zircones), establece una edad Cret谩cico Superior para esta deformaci贸n principal, consistente en un cizallamiento d煤ctil sinmetam贸rfico a gran escala. Sin embargo, la deformaci贸n es muy heterog茅nea en el complejo, existiendo amplios sectores metamorfizados en condiciones de un bajo esfuerzo diferencial. Por lo tanto, el metamorfismo progrado del Complejo Duarte se interpreta como el resultado del engrosamiento moderado de una corteza oce谩nica anormalmente potente, debido a la gran acumulaci贸n de basaltos de plateau (>30 km). Las trayectorias post-pico t茅rmico deducidas implican la descompresi贸n y enfriamiento del complejo (84,6卤0,5 Ma; edad de enfriamiento 40Ar/39Ar de moscovitas sin-Sp), durante la formaci贸n de las f谩bricas deformativas y milon铆ticas retr贸gradas que constituyen la foliaci贸n principal Sp. En s铆ntesis, las rocas metam贸rficas del basamento del Cintur贸n Intermedio registran los diferentes estadios evolutivos relacionados con la acreci贸n-obducci贸n del plateau de Duarte al Primitivo Arco Isla Caribe帽o en el Aptiense/Albiense, junto con un fragmento de litosfera oce谩nica. Todos estos eventos predatan la colisi贸n final arco-continente entre el arco isla Caribe帽o y la plataforma carbonatada de las Bahamas durante el Cret谩cico Superior.The mainly metabasaltic pre-Aptian/Albian basement of the Median Belt of Hispaniola includes the Duarte Complex, the R铆o Verde Complex and the Maim贸n-Los Ranchos Formations. In base to mineral assemblages present in metabasic rocks and P-T conditions estimated from thermobarometry, the R铆o Verde Complex is divided into four metamorphic zones and Zone IV is further subdivided into two. The metamorphic grade increase upward in the structural sequence, from prehnite-pumpellyte facies (Zone I), through greens-chist facies (Zones II and III) and amphibolite facies (Zone IVa), to upper amphibolite facies (Zone IVb), only restricted to Cpx-bearing amphibolites just below the contact with the overlying Loma Caribe Peridotite. The metamorphic field gradient is inverse and of low-P type. The P-T paths documented for Zones IVa and IVb of the R铆o Verde Complex involve a two-stage prograde evolution: a first event of near isobaric heating in the low-pressure field, typical of sub-ophiolite metamorphic sole rocks and characterized by critical high-grade assemblages; and a second event marked by a medium-pressure overprint of the first-stage metamorphic assemblages following a high-P gradient. These P-T paths are interpreted to result from intra-oceanic thrusting during the closure of a back-arc basin related with the Primitive Caribbean Island Arc and the onset of subduction of arc units in the Aptian/Albian time, which formed the high-pressure metamorphic overprint. The heating and development of an inverted metamorphic gradient in the sub-ophiolite R铆o Verde Complex, can be genetically related with the hanginwall emplacement of the hot peridotitic slice and the conductive heat transfer downward. The studied sector of the Duarte Complex (metamorphosed oceanic plateau) is divided into three metamorphic zones. Their distribution suggest that there is a temperature increase westward and downward in the structural sequence, from the upper greenschist facies (zone A), through Ep-amphibolite and amphibolite facies (zone B), to upper amphibolite transitional to lower granulite facies (zone C). The metamorphic field gradient is normal and the mid-P type (25-30潞 C/km). The lowest structural levels of the complex are occupied by the gabro-norites of the La Jaut铆a batholith, which formed in ductile shear zones Grt+Opx-bearing granulites metamorphic assemblages. The 89 Ma date obtained from foliated tonalites (U-Pb in zircons) established an Upper Cretaceous age for the main ductile shearing deformation. However, the deformation is very heterogeneous in the complex, existing regionally wide metamorphic sectors without related foliation development. Therefore, the prograde metamorphism of the Duarte Complex is interpreted to result from moderated thickening of a previously thick oceanic crust, due to the great accumulation of plateau-basalts (>30 km). The post-thermal peak P-T paths suggest the unloading and cooling of the complex, during the continuous retrograde development of deformative and mylonitic non-coaxial Sp fabrics (84,6卤0,5 Ma; 40 Ar/39 Ar cooling age in syn-Sp muscovite). In summary, the metamorphic rocks of the pre-Aptian/Albian basement units of the Median Belt record different stages in the history of the acretion-obduction of the Duarte plateau with the Caribbean Primitive Island Arc. All these tectonothermal events pre-date the final arc-continent collision between the Caribbean island arc and the Bahamas platform during the Late Cretaceous

    Cenozoic paleostresses in the surroundings of the Ubierna fault (Burgos, Cantabrian Range) and northern Duero Basin

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    Se reconstruye la evoluci贸n de los campos de esfuerzos durante el Cenozoico en el entorno de la falla de Ubierna, desgarre dextral de direcci贸n NOSE, a partir de 23 muestras de fallas, diaclasas y estilolitos tomadas en unidades del Mesozoico y Mioceno. Se de铿乶e un campo de esfuerzos compresivo con 蟽1 orientado N a NNE, activo hasta al menos el Mioceno inferior, en el que algunos tensores extensionales (蟽1 vertical) con 蟽3 pr贸ximo a EO representan episodios de intercambio de los ejes 蟽1 y 蟽2 . En el Mioceno superior el campo de esfuerzos cambia a una extensi贸n con trayectorias de蟽3 pr贸ximas a N-SThe evolution of Cenozoic stress 铿乪lds in the area surrounding the dextral strike-slip, NW-SE striking Ubierna fault is reconstructed from samples of faults, joints and stylolites collected in 23 data sites in Mesozoic and Miocene units. A compressional stress 铿乪ld with 蟽1 oriented N to NNE is de铿乶ed, which operated at least until early Miocene time. Extensional tensors (蟽1 vertical) with 蟽3 oriented close to E-W represent episodes of permutation of the 蟽1 and 蟽2 axes within that stress 铿乪ld. During the late Miocene, the stress 铿乪ld changes towards an extensional one with 蟽3 trajectories close to N-

    The Ubierna fault (S. W. margin of the Cantabrian basin)

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    The Ubierna fault is a major structure in the southern margin of the Cantabrian Basin. It controlled the subsidence during the intra-Mesozoic extensional event allow ing the deposit of progressively to the north thicker syn-rift Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous sediments in the Polients trough. Later it was inverted as a reverse fault during the main Tertiary compression changing to a strike-slip behaviour in the latest compressive movements

    Remarks on the Rojas-Santa Casilda thrust structure

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    The easternmost part of the Plataforma Burgalesa Frontal Thrust (Basco-Cantabhan Basin) is the Rojas Santa Casilda Structure. This unit has suffered a displacement first towards the South and later towards the Southeast over the Tertiary sediments of the Duero Basin. This displacement can be explained through a compression with a N-S direction, changing to the SE when finding the 'San Pedro wells High'. This high acted as a barrier that obstructed the continuation of the movement to the Sout

    Extens铆onal tectonics and halokinetics in the SW margin of the Basco-Cantabrian basin

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    Extensional tectonics and associated halokinetics processes controlled the sedimentation in the southwestern margin of the Basco-Cantabrian basin during Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous times. The development of Mesozoic growth faults, compressive features at present, controlled the geometry and limits of the sedimentary bodies deposited at those time

    Remarks on the tectonic inversion and alloctony of the Basco-Cantabrian basin

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    The SW margin of the Basco-Cantabrian basin has suffered during the Alpine Orogeny the tectonic inversion of previous extensional structures and the overlapping of the Mesozoic series of the Plataforma Burgalesa over the Tertiary sediments of the Duero basi

    Variscan Syn-Colisional extension in the Central Iberian zone: time constraints imposed by U-Pbmonazite ages from the Somosierra sector, Spanish Central System

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    A new integrated analysis of microstructural, metamorphic and U-Pb monazite age data, indicates that the Berzosa-Riaza shear zone (BRSZ) is a major D2 extensional structure associated with crustal-scale ductile extensional shearing and important decompression. Textural relationships and U-Pb dating of monazite in rocks of several structural levels of Somosierra sector, establish that the main D2 extensional event took place in between 337卤2 to 326卤3 Ma (Early to Mid). This event was associated with the major extensional collapse of the Variscan interland (Central Iberian Zone) and was contemporaneous with the earliest thrusting in the foreland (Cantabrian Zone
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