Tertiary Basins of Spain: The Stratigraphic Record of Crustal Kinematics (World and Regional Geology, Series Number 6)

During the Tertiary, Spain suffered compressional collision between France and Africa, and its Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts have been further modified by extensional rifting. Because it includes sectors of two separate foreland basins, and an intervening craton with basins that have been influenced by extensional and strikeSHslip deformation, Spain provides excellent material for the development and testing of theories on the study of sedimentary basin formation and filling. This book is one of the few studies available in English of the important Tertiary geology of Spain. Cover......Page 1 Frontmatter......Page 2 Contents......Page 8 Contributors......Page 10 Preface......Page 14 Dedication......Page 16 Part G - General......Page 18 CBO9780511524851A010......Page 20 CBO9780511524851A011......Page 23 CBO9780511524851A012......Page 26 CBO9780511524851A013......Page 32 CBO9780511524851A014......Page 37 CBO9780511524851A015......Page 43 Part E - East......Page 58 CBO9780511524851A017......Page 60 CBO9780511524851A018......Page 66 CBO9780511524851A019......Page 72 CBO9780511524851A020......Page 85 CBO9780511524851A021......Page 94 CBO9780511524851A022......Page 100 CBO9780511524851A023......Page 106 CBO9780511524851A024......Page 114 CBO9780511524851A025......Page 123 CBO9780511524851A026......Page 131 CBO9780511524851A027......Page 137 CBO9780511524851A028......Page 151 CBO9780511524851A029......Page 161 CBO9780511524851A030......Page 170 CBO9780511524851A031......Page 178 CBO9780511524851A032......Page 183 CBO9780511524851A033......Page 190 Part W - West......Page 198 CBO9780511524851A035......Page 200 CBO9780511524851A036......Page 205 CBO9780511524851A037......Page 213 CBO9780511524851A038......Page 220 CBO9780511524851A039......Page 231 CBO9780511524851A040......Page 245 CBO9780511524851A041......Page 254 CBO9780511524851A042......Page 264 CBO9780511524851A043......Page 272 Part C - Centre......Page 278 CBO9780511524851A045......Page 280 CBO9780511524851A046......Page 285 CBO9780511524851A047......Page 289 CBO9780511524851A048......Page 295 CBO9780511524851A049......Page 302 CBO9780511524851A050......Page 312 CBO9780511524851A051......Page 317 CBO9780511524851A052......Page 325 CBO9780511524851A053......Page 330 Part S - South......Page 336 CBO9780511524851A055......Page 338 CBO9780511524851A056......Page 340 CBO9780511524851A057......Page 347 CBO9780511524851A058......Page 356 CBO9780511524851A059......Page 363 CBO9780511524851A060......Page 370 CBO9780511524851A061......Page 383 CBO9780511524851A062......Page 389 CBO9780511524851A063......Page 404 CBO9780511524851A064......Page 409 Index......Page 416 Memorial......Page 418 This is the first book to deal comprehensively with Spain's tectonic and sedimentary history over the past sixty or so million years. During Tertiary times, Spain had suffered compressional collision between France and Africa, and its Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts had been further modified by extensional rifting. This study will therefore be of interest to earth scientists generally because of the insights it provides into continental crustal deformation. Spain contains some of the best exposed outcrop geology in Europe. Because it includes sectors of two separate foreland basins, and an intervening craton with basins that have been influenced by extensional and strike-slip deformation, it provides excellent material for the development and testing of theories on the study of sedimentary basin formation and filling A standard scheme of stages for the Tertiary is presented, and their ages discussed.