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Pub. Id: A153 (1968)

First Page: 275

Last Page: 292

Book Title: M 8: Diapirism and Diapirs

Article/Chapter: Diapirs in Western Pyrenees and Foreland, Spain

Subject Group: Structure, Tectonics, Paleostructure

Spec. Pub. Type: Memoir

Pub. Year: 1968

Author(s): Roland Brinkmann (2), Herbert Logters (3)

Abstract:

The diapirs of the western Pyrenees and their foreland have cores mainly of salt and evaporites of Triassic (Keuper) age. Their shapes and tectonic positions differ. They are surrounded or overlain mainly by Cretaceous and Tertiary strata. Groups of diapirs demonstrate distinct alignments. The distribution of the diapirs is believed to be controlled by variation in the thickness of the Upper and Lower Cretaceous strata. These strata, which reach a maximum thickness of at least 8,000 m, exerted the necessary pressure to start the movement of the saliferous beds toward the flanks of the trough. Shifting of the trough axis in Late Cretaceous time separated the salt accumulation into two distinct welts. Diapirism started in Early Cretaceous time and must have reached its maxi um during Late Cretaceous time, because most of the diapirs had reached the surface prior to late Tertiary time.

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