Inversion of moment tensor focal mechanisms for active stresses around the Microcontinent Iberia: Tectonic implications

The Iberian microcontinent and its connected oceanic crust are affected by deformations related to the Eurasian-African plate boundary. Active stress inversions from populations of moment tensor focal mechanisms have been performed around and inside the Iberian peninsula, using a total of 213 moment...

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Authors: Vicente Muñoz, Gerardo De; Cloetingh, Sierd; Muñoz Martín, Alfonso; Olaiz Campos, Antonio José; Stich, Daniel; Vegas Martínez, Ramón; Galindo-Zaldívar, Jesus; Fernández Lozano, Javier
Format: Article
Publication date:2008
Country:España
Institution:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repository:Docta Complutense
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/52862
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/52862
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Active Tectonics
Seismicity
Iberia
Sismología (Geología)
Geodinámica
2507.05 Sismología y Prospección Sísmica
2507 Geofísica
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author Vicente Muñoz, Gerardo De
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Muñoz Martín, Alfonso
Olaiz Campos, Antonio José
Stich, Daniel
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Galindo-Zaldívar, Jesus
Fernández Lozano, Javier
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Fernández Lozano, Javier
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Vegas Martínez, Ramón
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Muñoz Martín, Alfonso
Olaiz Campos, Antonio José
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Galindo-Zaldívar, Jesus
Fernández Lozano, Javier
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description The Iberian microcontinent and its connected oceanic crust are affected by deformations related to the Eurasian-African plate boundary. Active stress inversions from populations of moment tensor focal mechanisms have been performed around and inside the Iberian peninsula, using a total of 213 moment tensor estimates. Main results are: 1) The tensorial solutions show better consistency and lower misfits compared to those obtained previously from first P arrival focal mechanisms. 2) Along the Eurasia- Africa western boundary, the type of active stresses progressively changes easternwards from triaxial extension to uniaxial compression along the Terceira Ridge, the Gloria Fault zone and the Gulf of Cadiz. 3) In the Betics-Alboran-Rif zone, uniaxial extension predominates with Shmax N155ºE trending. 4) In N Algeria, uniaxial compression reappears. 5) The Iberian foreland is currently under strike-slip to uniaxial extension tensorial conditions.
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spelling Inversion of moment tensor focal mechanisms for active stresses around the Microcontinent Iberia: Tectonic implications Vicente Muñoz, Gerardo De Cloetingh, Sierd Muñoz Martín, Alfonso Olaiz Campos, Antonio José Stich, Daniel Vegas Martínez, Ramón Galindo-Zaldívar, Jesus Fernández Lozano, Javier Active Tectonics Seismicity Iberia Sismología (Geología) Geodinámica 2507.05 Sismología y Prospección Sísmica 2507 Geofísica The Iberian microcontinent and its connected oceanic crust are affected by deformations related to the Eurasian-African plate boundary. Active stress inversions from populations of moment tensor focal mechanisms have been performed around and inside the Iberian peninsula, using a total of 213 moment tensor estimates. Main results are: 1) The tensorial solutions show better consistency and lower misfits compared to those obtained previously from first P arrival focal mechanisms. 2) Along the Eurasia- Africa western boundary, the type of active stresses progressively changes easternwards from triaxial extension to uniaxial compression along the Terceira Ridge, the Gloria Fault zone and the Gulf of Cadiz. 3) In the Betics-Alboran-Rif zone, uniaxial extension predominates with Shmax N155ºE trending. 4) In N Algeria, uniaxial compression reappears. 5) The Iberian foreland is currently under strike-slip to uniaxial extension tensorial conditions. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/52862
spellingShingle Inversion of moment tensor focal mechanisms for active stresses around the Microcontinent Iberia: Tectonic implications
Vicente Muñoz, Gerardo De
Active Tectonics
Seismicity
Iberia
Sismología (Geología)
Geodinámica
2507.05 Sismología y Prospección Sísmica
2507 Geofísica
title Inversion of moment tensor focal mechanisms for active stresses around the Microcontinent Iberia: Tectonic implications
title_full Inversion of moment tensor focal mechanisms for active stresses around the Microcontinent Iberia: Tectonic implications
title_fullStr Inversion of moment tensor focal mechanisms for active stresses around the Microcontinent Iberia: Tectonic implications
title_full_unstemmed Inversion of moment tensor focal mechanisms for active stresses around the Microcontinent Iberia: Tectonic implications
title_short Inversion of moment tensor focal mechanisms for active stresses around the Microcontinent Iberia: Tectonic implications
title_sort Inversion of moment tensor focal mechanisms for active stresses around the Microcontinent Iberia: Tectonic implications
topic Active Tectonics
Seismicity
Iberia
Sismología (Geología)
Geodinámica
2507.05 Sismología y Prospección Sísmica
2507 Geofísica
topic_facet Active Tectonics
Seismicity
Iberia
Sismología (Geología)
Geodinámica
2507.05 Sismología y Prospección Sísmica
2507 Geofísica
url https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/52862