SUMÁRIO: Os modelos geodinâmicos atuais suportam a presença de longos (≈ 500 Ma) ciclos de supercontinentes separados por ciclos de Wilson mais curtos (≈ 250 Ma). Os orógenos relacionados a esses dois tipos de ciclos são diversos: longos ciclos supercontinentais que terminam com a geração de orógenos do tipo Varisco, como o Panafricano (850-55 Ma) ou as Variscides (550-250 Ma); ciclos de Wilson curtos que termi...
SUMÁRIO: A análise de dados de reflexão sísmica, combinados com modelos de inversão de dados potenciais (gravimetria-magnética), revela a presença, natureza e detalhes de um sistema magmático localizado no offshore da Margem Oeste Ibérica. As evidências incluem o vulcão de Fontanelas com escoadas de lavas associadas, a Intrusão do Esporão da Estremadura, e diversos complexos de soleiras, enquanto manifestações ...
ABSTRACT: The West Iberian Margin is a prime example of a magma-poor hyperextended continental margin. However, the margin is punctuated by three discrete Mesozoic magmatic events, from which the last, occurring 20-40 M.a. after complete lithospheric breakup of the Iberia-Newfoundland conjugate margin, is related to the late Cretaceous Atlantic Alkaline Province. It is characterised onshore by multiple outcropp...
ABSTRACT: The West Iberian Margin (WIM) is a key example of a magma-poor passive margin, punctuated by several postrift magmatic manifestations that are part of the Late Cretaceous Atlantic Alkaline Province. In this work, potential field (gravity and magnetics) data, constrained by 3D multichannel seismic reflection data, are used to describe and characterise the geometry and nature of magmatic features locate...
ABSTRACT: The combined effects of post-rift magma emplacement and tectonic inversion on the hyper-extended West Iberian Margin are unravelled in detail using multichan nel 2D/3D seismic data. The Estremadura Spur, acting as an uplifted crustal block bounded by two first-order transfer zones, shows evidence of four post-rift tectonic events each with a distinctive seismic-stratigraphic response that can be used ...