Edad de los diques de lamproíta emplazados a lo largo de la Falla de Socovos (Béticas Orientales)Implicaciones tectónicas
- L.A. Pérez-Valera 1
- M. Sánchez-Gómez 1
- G. Rosenbaum 2
- A. Azor 3
- F. Pérez-Valera 1
- J.M. Fernández-Soler 4
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Universidad de Jaén
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- 2 The University of Queensland, Australia
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Universidad de Granada
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- 4 Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra (UGR – CSIC)
ISSN: 1576-5172
Year of publication: 2012
Issue Title: VIII Congreso Geológico de España, Oviedo, 17-19 de julio, 2012.
Issue: 13
Pages: 1726-1729
Type: Article
More publications in: Geotemas (Madrid)
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Abstract
Volcanic dikes are emplaced along ~30 km of the Socovos Fault trace. These dikes intruded the fault zone through different structures generated along the fault, providing a singular framework to inquiring the relationships with transcurrent tectonics. The volcanism age helps us to constrain the fault timing, to integrate with regional volcanism and to inquire about its origin and the movement of the Socovos Fault. 40Ar/ 39Ar ages indicate a westward propagation of volcanism that lasts ~ 2 Ma from 9.3 Ma to 7.15 Ma, with a propagation rate of 5 mm/year, consistent with the estimated strain rate for the Miocene. These data together with the supposed origin of lamproites in the lithospheric mantle indicate that there must be an active lithospheric structure that allows the continuous ascent and emplacement along the Socovos Fault, showing both the lithopheric structure and the Socovos Fault a coupled movement, indicating a close genetic relationship.